My friend Kojo Svedstrup Jantuah, who has died of a heart attack aged 52, became a leading voice in the debate about how reconciliation could be achieved for those affected by the lasting consequences of the transatlantic slave trade.
Kojo hailed from a prominent family of politicians, diplomats, barristers and judges in Ghana, the former British colony of Gold Coast. Son of Stella (nee Blagogee) and Franklin Adubobi Jantuah, he was born in the capital, Accra. His father and uncle were ministers in Kwame Nkrumah’s pre- and post-independence governments. Following in their footsteps, Kojo later read law in the UK, at De Montfort University, Leicester, graduating in 1995.
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