* Kofi ( 1969 )

Kofi Abrefa Busia ( 11 July 1913 – 28 August 1978 ) was Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 – 72.

* 1981 – Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian wrestler

By the 17th century, Osei Kofi Tutu I ( c. 1695 – 1717 ), with help of Okomfo Anokye, unified what became the Ashante into a confederation with the Golden Stool as a symbol of their unity and spirit.

* 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

* Peace – United Nations, Kofi Annan

* December 13 – Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.

* February 20 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U. N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the United States and Britain.

* January 13 – Prime Minister of Ghana Kofi Abrefa Busia is overthrown in a military coup.

■ Gladys Darden-Hensley ( 1939 – 1981 ), public school educator, first Black female elected Police Juror in East Carroll Parish, mother of Kofi ( Hensley ) Darden-Hawkins

* March 13 – Kofi Awoonor, Ghana poet and writer

* 25px United Nations – A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said that Annan extended his " warm congratulations ... on the safe and successful completion of its second mission into space ".

* March 7 – 8-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visits Canada to meet with Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson, Prime Minister Martin, and Louise Arbour, who was recently named UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor ( born 8 December 1938 ) is the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana ( 2001 – 2009 ) and Chairperson of the African Union ( 2007 – 2008 ).

Specifically, Secretaries General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki Moon, the council's president Doru Costea, the European Union, Canada and the United States have accused the council of focusing disproportionately on the Israeli – Palestinian conflict.

The UN Global Compact – Cities Programme was launched in 2002 by the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

* 1999 Kofi Annan – Former United Nations secretary general

* 16 October – Taoiseach Bertie Ahern holds discussions with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Dublin.

In the 2007 – 2008 Kenyan crisis, which followed the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in December 2007, Ramaphosa was unanimously chosen by the mediation team headed by Kofi Annan to be the chief mediator in charge of leading long-term talks ; however, Kibaki's government expressed dissatisfaction with the choice of Ramaphosa, saying that he had business links with Kibaki's opponent Raila Odinga, and on 4 February Annan accepted Ramaphosa's withdrawal from the role of chief mediator.

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* 4 April – The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern TD, is appointed one of four special envoys for United Nations reform by the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan ( 1997 – 2006 ) has said, " Although regional in scope, the significance of the Aarhus Convention is global.

* Kofi Kari Kari – percussion

** WWE Tag Team Championship ( 1 time ) – with Kofi Kingston

The Hollys frequented many of New York's music venues, including The Village Gate, Blue Note, Village Vanguard, and Johnny Johnson's.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

The Village Gate, the Village Vanguard and The Blue Note ( since 1981 ), hosted some of the biggest names in jazz on a regular basis.

Also of importance are his five Blue Note recordings, collected in the Miles Davis Volume 1 album.

Category: Blue Note Records artists

Carter also performed on some of Hancock, Williams and Shorter's recordings during the sixties for Blue Note Records.

He was a sideman on many Blue Note recordings of the era, playing with Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver and others.

* 1991: Meets Bach ( Blue Note )

* 1992: Friends ( Blue Note )

* 1994: Jazz, My Romance ( Blue Note )

* 1995: Mr. Bow Tie ( Blue Note )

* 1995: Brandenburg Concerto ( Blue Note )

* 1998: So What ( Blue Note ) trio with Kenny Barron and Lewis Nash

* 1999: Orfeu ( Blue Note )

* 2001: When Skies Are Grey ( Blue Note )

* 2002: Stardust ( Blue Note )

* 2003: The Golden Striker ( Blue Note )

* Electric Byrd ( Blue Note, 1970 )

* Empyrean Isles ( Blue Note )

* Maiden Voyage ( Blue Note )

* Speak Like a Child ( Blue Note )

* Gene Harris of the Three Sounds ( Blue Note, 1972 )

1 & 2 ( Blue Note )