He later returned to his alma mater the University of Ghana, where he taught for nearly 25 years.

BBC: Profile: Ghana President John Atta Mills

He graduated in law at the University of Ghana in 1967 before pursuing his legal studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

BBC: Profile: Ghana President John Atta Mills

Before his political career, he taught at the University of Ghana and also was a visiting lecturer at Temple University in Pennsylvania and Leiden University in the Netherlands.

CNN: Ghana mourns as President John Atta Mills is buried

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, is probably the most famous living Ghanaian and the University of Ghana, of which he is chancellor, organised the launch of the book.

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The university consortia include the Al Akhawayn University of Morocco, the Beijing Foreign Studies University and Peking University of China, the Tecnologico de Monterrey University of Mexico, the University of Ghana and the Macquarie University of Australia.

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Adoboli left his home in the west African country of Ghana and made his way to UBS after graduating from Nottingham University (UK) in 2003, according to the NY Times.

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