New Look at Obama’s Trip to Ghana

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On July 11, President Obama traveled to Ghana, where he delivered an address hailing the nation’s democratic progress. The White House recently released new photos from the trip. Here, the President prepares to give his speech at the International Conference Center in Accra.

Pete Souza / The White House

After speaking to the Parliament, Obama greets the crowd.

Pete Souza / The White House

Obama shakes hands following his speech to the Ghanian Parliament.

Pete Souza / The White House

President Obama and the First Lady visit a women’s clinic at La General Hospital in Accra.

Pete Souza / The White House

Obama visits Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle, which is located in a former slave port.

Pete Souza / The White House

The Obama family received a tour of the castle, where slaves were once loaded onto slave ships. Obama remarked that the compound reminded him of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Pete Souza / The White House

“I’ll never forget the image of my two young daughters, the descendants of Africans and African-Americans, walking through those doors of no return but then walking back (through) those doors,” Obama later said of his family’s tour.

Pete Souza / The White House

Obama greets a man at Cape Coast Castle.

Pete Souza / The White House

A crowd gathers to see President Obama’s return to a hotel in Accra after his trip to Cape Coast.

Pete Souza / The White House

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by daughters Malia and Sasha, participate in a departure ceremony at Ghana’s Accra airport.

Pete Souza / The White House

Obama shakes hands at his departure ceremony.

Pete Souza / The White House

The President delivers a farewell address before leaving Ghana.

Pete Souza / The White House

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