US Presidency
1998

Thank you. President and Mrs. Rawlings, honorable ministers, honorable members of the Council of State, honorable Members of Parliament, honorable members of the Judiciary, nananom [ to the chiefs ], and the people of Ghana. Mitsea mu. America fuo kyia mo [ My greetings to you. Greetings from America ]. Now you have shown me what akwaaba [ welcome ] really means. Thank you, thank you so much. I am proud to be the first American President ever to visit Ghana and to go on to Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana, and Senegal. It is a journey long overdue. America should have done it before, and I am proud to be on that journey. Thank you for welcoming me. I want to listen and to learn. I want to build a future partnership between our two people, and I want to introduce the people of the United States, through my trip, to the new face of Africa. From Kampala to Cape Town, from Dakar to Dar-Es Salaam, Africans are being stirred by new hopes for democracy and peace and prosperity.