PHOTOS: Mahama meets Kwame Nkrumah's protégé, Kwame Mamdani
John Dramani Mahama met Zohran Kwame Mamdani on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan, New York. The two met at a solemn wreath-laying ceremony to pay tribute to the memory of nearly 20,000 Africans laid to rest at the historic site.
President Mahama touched on how slavery impacted thousands of Africans, stating, "We lay down this wreath to honour the memories of the nearly 20,000 Africans who are buried on these grounds, some of whom were free but most of whom were enslaved." He added, "We lay down this wreath in remembrance of all the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade - the men, women, and children who were taken from their lives and from those who loved them to be enslaved in a foreign land; and also, the people to whom they belonged… whose lives were forever altered."
The event was ahead of a vote by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on a resolution championed by President John Dramani Mahama for the slavery of Africans to be recognised as a crime against humanity.
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President John Dramani Mahama met with New York Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, named after Ghana's first president, at a wreath-laying ceremony. The event at the African Burial Ground National Monument honored the memory of thousands - but why was this gathering so significant?
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