Sunday, March 04, 2007

from the "guest list" dept.

12:02 PM local time/Sunday...
Still have not left for Accra.
But I did find the Ghana@50 guest list:

Heads of State

* President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)
* President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria)
* President Festus Mogae of Botswana
* President Blaise Campoare (Burkina Faso)
* President Paul Biya (Cameroun)
* President Pedro Pires of Cape Verde
* President Ahmad Abdullah Sambi of Comoros
* President Muamar al Gadafi (Libya)
* President Amadou Toumani Toure (Mali)
* President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria (Guest of honor)
* President Armando Emelio Guebuza of Mozambique
* President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia
* President Paul Kagame (Rwanda)
* President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (Tanzania)
* President Faure Gnassingbe (Togo)
* President Levy Mwanawasa (Zambia)
* President Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)

Govt Representatives

* Angola: Roberto Victor de Almeida (National Assembly Speaker)
* China: Abduldhat Abdulrixit (Vice Chairman of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
* South Korea: Park Myung-jae (Minister of Govt Admin. & Home Affairs)
* United Kingdom: Prince Edwards (Duke of Kent representing the Queen)
* USA: Alphonso Jackson (Sec. for Housing and Urban Dev't)
* Germany: ?
* France: ?

Organizations

* Rev Jesse Jackson, Rainbow Coalition
* Baroness Amos, Leader of the UK House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.
* Head of the Agricultural Development Bank
* Paul Wolfowitz: Head of the World Bank
* Head of the IMF
* Hon. H.A. Mongella - President of the Pan African Parliament

Entertainment

* Steveland Morris, popularly known as Stevie Wonder

Sports

* Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele

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