"Africa has good reason to be proud of what has happened in Ghana. We in Ghana have good cause to be proud. Today, let us smile and take that smile with us into tomorrow, as the hard work starts. Thank you for your confidence. I pray that, with God's guidance and blessing and the support of you, the good people of Ghana, I shall lead you to a prosperous, progressive and peaceful Ghana."
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With those words on January 7th, 2001, President John Agyekum Kufuor, took up the reins of power.The inauguration took place on the forecourt at Parliament House in Accra. Resplendent in hand-woven Kente cloth, Kufuor and his vice president, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, swore allegiance to the nation and to God and Allah respectively. Afterwards, the outgoing president, J.J.Rawlings, who had ruled Ghana for 19 years, embraced his successor on the dais. Celebrations then moved to the nearby Independence Square, where Kufuor addressed the nation.
The photos were taken by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Kwaku Sakyi Addo and Anthony Freeman Mensah.
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