Personal Life
Kojo Adeyemo Annan and his sister Ama Annan are from Kofi Annan's first marriage with Titilola Alakija, a Nigerian. The couple separated when Kojo was six years old and got a divorce two years later. When his parents separated, he lived with his father and spent holidays with his mother and sister. Kojo was educated in Wales at the independent school Rydal Preparatory School, and in England, at Rendcomb College, where he excelled as a rugby player and subsequently at Keele University. He was also educated in Switzerland.
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