Kofi Annan akaberekerwa mudunhu reKofandros reKumasi kuGold Coast (yava kunzi Ghana) musi wa 8 Kubvumbi 1938. Hanzvadzi yake mapatya Efua Atta, uyo akafa muna 1991, aiva nezita repakati rokuti Atta, iro mumutauro weAkan rinoreva kuti'mapatya'. Annan nehanzvadzi yake vakaberekerwa mune imwe yemhuri dzeAshanti neFante dzomunyika; vose vanasekuru vavo nababamunini vavo vaiva vatungamiriri vemadzinza. Muchiitiko cheAkan, vamwe vana vanopihwa mazita maererano nezuva revhiki ravakazvarwa, dzimwe nguva zvichienderana nehuwandu hwevana vanovatangira. Kofi Annan muAkan ndiro zita rinoenderana neChishanu. Annan akati zita rake rezita rinosangana ne "cannonhana" muChirungu. Kubvira muna 1954 kusvika muna 1957, Annan akapinda chikoro cheMsipimfant, chikoro cheMethodist boarding muCape Coast.
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