James Kofi Annan's Childhood

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We are here to talk about James Kofi Annan. I am going to describe James when he was a child slave and what he does now. James Kofi Annan was a child slave but was able to escape slavery and now he works to fight against child slavery.

James had a horrible childhood as a child slave. “James’s father had sold James top the fisherman, James was now a child slave” James now works for the fisherman's but he has to work for free. Another reason his childhood was terrible as a child slave is because “workday began every morning at 3 o’clock and did not finish until 8 o’clock at night.” This shows how James didn’t really have a happy childhood.

James is now fighting for children's rights, against slavery, which he does for his job. This

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