I love these pictures! Anderson, you look so happy when you're out there reporting. Good for you! Welcome back.

Lilibeth
Edmonds, Washington

Anderson,
Looking forward to the interview. Visited the same site in1992, or 1993, finding it very emotional. The historical affirmations unfolding at the sight each day with the Obamas reign supremly. It is means so much to have been there and feel the presence. And I am certain there were emotional moments for them, That being said, I posted a poem or what someone tagged as a ballad, about my emotional experiences of time visited the same site in either '92 or 93' Thanks so much for the visual revisit. I also have photos similar.

Do you think Barack Obama will ever visit Nigeria, a better place economically than Ghana (in my opinion). Polictians like Bill Clinton and Susan Rice have paid visits to Nigeria to make one of the best country in the continent even better. The start of a African reform starts in Nigeria!

Mr. Cooper you make me proud to be Ghanaian. Job well done on showcasing Ghana. And, you seem to fit right in with the culture. Thank you and look forward to the full interview with President Obama.
Also, I will be happy to break down any aspect(s) of the culture you still might have questions about.
Ayekoo, Anderson!

Nice pics. did u try playing any football (soccer) w/ the kids? I bet they could take u down.

Wow! Nice pictures!

Ghana seems to have a great atmosphere! A mix of joy, warmth and life ... I'm Brazilian and that kind of thing I really love it!

Anderson,
you should always be outside the studio. Your physiognomy is another. You look more beautiful, young, happy! It's great!

Dear Anderson Cooper, I like the way you are passionate for Africans
and the needy but I will like you also to show the beauty of Africa such as creative and some beautiful buildings in Africa , mostly in Ghana
because it seems we are always under rate by only poverty and nothing good is in Africa . I always see only Places which seems very
very shambles and unclean sight always shown to people in United States but the good and fine buildings and places are always
exempted. So the tourists and people including Black Americans
think that when they go back to Africa they will sleep on trees and even
there is no Electricity in Africa.
Show good things in Africa for them to know that not only Malaria,
they could find overthere but also good things.
MAY GOD BLESS CNN AND 360.

good for you. You are one of the folks there at CNN who should NEVER be behind a desk! Not because you aren't good in a studio, but you seem so comfortable in the field...

aww! anderson. i love how happy you are!

Those are very nice pictures, and the cape looks beautiful. I can't wait to see the interview!

p.s. Your eye looks fine, despite the fact that you were attacked by a raging spider (or whatever it was) in your sleep =)

It is refreshing to see you out in the world again and yes I am going to say it outside of Michael Jackson, life moves on.......i notice lots of side shots was it because of the eye injury you twittered about?

I'm looking forward for the interview tonight.

I was reading on spider.com, in a blog a comment mention a spider that bite a US reporter... was that you?

Nice pictures. It looks like you had a good & interesting time there. I can't wait to watch AC 360 tonight! By the way, Welcome Back!!

Brampton, ON
Canada

You've got to love Anderson! Good job

Anderson what did you think of the living conditions of most kenians?

Welcome back, Mr. Cooper and thanks for the great pics! I hope all is well with you, dear....take care, see ya later, peace!

Very nice pictures! I am wondering what the laugh was about in the "Welcome" poster

Welcome back!

Shilpee

its great that Anderson looks so happy to be there and interacting with the locals. For this reason is why i believe Anderson is such great reporter

I remember when Anderson was a journalist. Can he be THAY guy again?

Thanks for the insight into your trip to Ghana – I definitely enjoy to see you reporting "on the scene" international stories perodically. The pics with the President are delightful, you both look so relaxed.

This is finally airing tonight! I'm looking forward to it. Great pics

Anderson,
I am looking forward to your interview with President Obama. I know you covered the events in Ghana with a fair and unbiased view. As a fellow journalist, you always make me proud!
I am sorry to hear about your eye! I hope it feels better.
Keep up the great work!

Great pics! will watch tonight. Thanks again!

Great job Anderson. You are always out there covering the issues from all angles. I am happy you did concentrate your coverage only to Accra, the capital but also other towns and villages where poverty is ravaging. I am dieing for you to be named a development ambassdor to these places. Ayekoo...well done.

Wonderful pictures! So glad we can get a glimpse of what was seen. If someone could just create a 3D video, audio with smell-a-vision for those of us who will never be fortunate enough to travel like this.

And nice arms, woo!!

Love your pics. What is your experience like as a journalist
in Ghana?

Pilar

Olajide Ogundipe jr wat are u implicating here. Mr Obama chose Ghana for a better reason being the country has a nice democratic background unlike Nigeria and other countries in Africa.AC thanks for the comprehensive report you made about this trip and my country Ghana.Am really proud to be a Ghanaian.Long live Ghana and Africa as a whole and America.God bless us all.

Wow! Nice pictures!

Very nice pics.

No words. Oh, wait..there IS one. Ow!

i am eager to see your program tonight on CNN and after seeing these photos i cant wait anymore! common CNN , air AC 360 pls!
Anderson, im sure you had an amazing experience in Ghana. i think Ghana deserves to be in the spotlight at long last. It is undoubtedly a country not only with a very rich historical background but a vibrant culture and numerous natural resources. i hope the people of Ghana benefit first and foremost from the recent discovery of oil, as they have not benefited much from all the other abundant resources their land is blessed with.

Welcome Back Anderson....look forward to AC 360 tonite. Catch ya then

Nigeria may be a better place economically but Ghana is socially stable ( Peace between many different ethnics), solid democraty with three or more succesfull elections and a strong and growing economy. Good Choice for the president because it will send a message to other countries in Africa with so many wars and dictators.

Looking forward to watching the video from Barcelona, Spain!

Keep up your good work, Anderson!

Great Work Anderson Cooper, CNN up close and personal (photos and interviews) the way it should be broadcasted gathering important news and facts from around the World....thank you.

You have a great talent of appropriately representing cultures in in your repoting and for that I applaud you.
Seeing how excited the folks in Ghana were to see him, how was the President taking it all in? WHat was his disposition like (in your opinion).
Congratulations on you fine work.

Best Wishes ~ Danielle

Anderson,

You look so calm and relaxed in your pictures, maybe thats just what you needed (a get-a-way from the USA). I am looking forward to the broadcast of your interview and hearing more about your trip. I am very proud of the work you do, the places you take us, and the exceptional journalism you provide. Keep up the great work, I can't wait for the next "trip" you take me on.
With kindest regards,
Tracy
Alberta, Canada

What outstanding pictures. You always do such an outstanding job on all your journalistic tours. I love to watch you and I don't miss a day of watching CNN news and all my other favorites. It is great to be retired so you don't miss a thing on CNN news. ha ha God Bless

Sandy
Guntersville, Alabama

Anderson, these photo's are fantastic. I really get the sentiment and sense of excitement buzzing from the festivities of pres. Obama's visit and as tired as you must have been you are beaming, literally glowing along with everyone else, what a successful journey indeed.

These pictures bring back memories worth keeping. Memories good and bad imprinted in the back of my mind. The good life in Ghana. where you don't have much to worry about. And the bad of merciless and senseless trading of God's children. I love the pictures. Thank you cooper. Waiting for the interview.

Good pics, Anderson. I love them.
It seems that you really like Africa.
I can't wait to watch your program.

Great pics Anderson. I never knew how big your guns were. You keep hiding then in a suit jacket!

good pictures, and keep working out...

I was in Ghana two years ago and seeing the pictures brought back not only tears but a heartache to go back agian if possible. The Cape Coast castle reminded me of how much time has changed and yet how much stays the same.
There is a quote I picked up while in Ghana and now see coming to pass.
"No one knows when the hour of Africa's redemption cometh; It is in the wind, it is coming. One day like a storm it will be here. When that day comes Africa will stand together." Marcus G.
For me I knew that my short stay would make a small impact on this country, yet now how quickly that can change with the President's visit and your insight.
Mama Linda

Indeed, you do look so happy to be out on assignment again. I am reading your book now, "Dispatches From The Edge." I know...where have I been, but nevertheless, it is truly a work of art. I love how raw yet full of soul and emotion your accounts are. I absolutely tune in to ac360 each night, but I must say that we are missing out when you are behind that desk! You should show off your arms more often!!

Great photos! I'm looking forward to the interviews and segments regarding Ghana.
For our honeymoon my husband and I took a month and backpacked through Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia – it was a dream come true!
I absolutely love Africa and hope to take our boys there someday – backpacking of course.
It's great to see CNN showing the human side of the African continent – I believe most of Canada & the US often have a negative impression of the countries of Africa instead of its beautiful scenery and people.

Great job all around AC360

Great photographs. I think my favorite are the ones of Anderson and Obama in the castle. I did wonder though in one of the last pictures what the white t-shirts with the blue on the front said that some of the men were wearing. Seemed to be a lot of them.

Anderson...! Welcome back home. Hope you had great fun. Ghana thanks you and your CNN crew that helped to make the coverage Obama's African trip a reality. You have helped shed a light positively on this small country [Ghana] and Africa as a whole. Not only does it educate the rest of the world in many ways, it most importantly bridges the gap between Africa and the rest of the world.
As they will say in Ghana "AYEKOO" meaning Good Job.

Hey ac I see you went to my country what did you think og the people in ghana .... I am going to visit in aug 20 and how is the eye

AC360...Now I know why you work for CNN and the so-called western media. No one denies that Africa has her problems, to name a few, poverty, high child-mortality, relatively low life expectancy rate...etc. However, there are other good things that come out of Africa. There are the good, the bad and the ugly in every country in the world. Why do you not show also the nicer places in Ghana. You only show people who are struggling. Yes, it exists...no doubt but some are also doing well enough. Ghana has high-ways, nice residential areas, banking and commercial areas like any western or developed countries around the world....be fair...I lived in Texas and trust me if I had to show some parts of Texas to the world, I'm sure your so-called media will deny that. We see that in the movies when they visit Mexico and show the desert and ugly places but the moment they enter the US, they show the high-rises. Be fair and that's all I ask......

Great Job Anderson. I hope you enjoyed Ghana! And on a lighter note I hope you enjoyed our amazing food. And as all of us Ghanaians are saying, Ayekoo!

Anderson,
Me-da-wa-se (thank you) as they say in Ghana.

Stanley

I enjoyed what i have seen thus far in Anderson's interview with Obama; I look forward to more of the interview tomorrow night!

Great job Anderson.However give us a little more in your subsequent editions.And also let people like Sarah Palin know that Ghana is a small country on the continent of Africa.

Anderson....the pictures are very nice, am glade you went with the Prez. what do u think about Ghana since someone forgot that Ghana is the gateway to Africa...

Anderson,
I love and appreciate your work but you should have also taken pictures of the nice places, these are akways the images that portray Africa. Not all places of Ghana are like this.

Great photos, Anderson (and photogs!) I hope you loved Cape Coast as much as I do! Did you enjoy the food and the people and the music?

Anderson, this looks great but we missed the good site, food etc you had. Did you take pictures of the corporate buildings in Ghana? I hear the American Embassy is like a fortress!!! We didnt see the good streets in Ghana and all the recent development in Ghana. Accra Mall, the nice hotels you stayed, the good food and all that.
We want more Anderson!!!!

Excellent job Anderson!!! You always do such a wonderful job on your reports on or from Africa. I also enjoyed you greatly in New Orleans in 2005. Thanks for all of your efforts getting news and communicating with us all. Take care of yourself and pamper yourself as much as possible. If you don't, no one else will. All that travel is tough on the body. Welcome home dear brotha!!!

Good job Anderson! But there's one thing that saddens me.the fact that u by-passed all the beautiful modern buildings and beautiful landscape and showed pictures of remote poverty stricken villagers.im in Ghana watching ac360 now and its sad.its like a reporter going to the States and only taking pics of trailer parks and ghettos.I admire u but i was hoping you would change the stereotype

Outstanding coverage of Ghana. You did look relaxed and always do a great job in what you do. Hope you go back and visit again. What is your personal opinion about Ghana and how much more do you think they have to go? Keep up the great job!

I just watched your interview with Pres. Oboma. It amazes me how rested both you and the Pres. look. It was nice to get a glimpse of Michelle, the girls and their grandmother. What an experience this has been for all of them and you. I always watching you on AC360. My husband and I are both 77 we enjoyed a trip to South Africa and Namibia a few years ago. The trip to Namibia was truly life changing for both of us.
Thanks,
Wanna

Great pictures. It brought back memories of visiting the castle, and also Ghana

Olajide Ogundipe, Jr.

lets not get into the pros and cons of Nigeria, you know Ghana is much safer and less corrupt than Nigeria. President Obama knows that and now the whole world will know how peaceful and loving Ghana is.

More pictures of my homeland an Anderson Cooper. These were lovely.

Anderson, you have nice arms. Wowwwww!!!!

Mr. AC, good work on your work with the President visit to Ghana. But must say, good work getting out of the suit here and now while in the field. Who would've thought such a nice body accommpanies your ahem, not unfortunate at all face. Nice total package AC, nice.

Cheers...

NICE PICTURES. WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU. HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR TRIP TO THE MOTHERLAND. AKWAABA, KUSHE,

Anderson, you have nice arms. Congratulations!!

Great Job AC I wish the rest of the African Countries will learn from Ghana, and I thank Barack for going there too. If this does not open the their eyes even if Jesus Christ comes down there is not going to be peace.

African countries need to be on the same page as USA and Ghana and make room for democracy. long liveth Ghana and America, democracy and Anderson Cooper.

good job .i am from Ghana but i now reside in canada.there are so many negative views of africa from americans .i am glad that you were the one who got to go see for yourself that even though things are not that good ghanaians are always happy .hope u cam post more pictures.i miss home so much.it is the best place on earth

Brings back so many memories of my emotional visits to the castles at Elmina and Cape Coast. They were forced through the "Door of No Return" I was fortunate to walk back through it. Sankofa!

As a member of the African Diaspora, I know that I stand on the shoulders of Elders who had to endure so much. They suffered and /or died that we might have a better life.

I pour libation to the Elders and hope that we honor their struggle by living our best lives.

Thanks Anderson for sharing this with the world.

Anderson, I am a native of Cape Coast in Ghana now residing in Jacksonville, Fl. I am disappointed with the coverage so far that is airing tonight, with the type of advertisement that CNN put up highlighting ur coverage and interview with the President in Ghana, i was hoping for you to show a background of the city and the people instead of the still photos, tell the american audience a little history and social living of the people.Do you know that the first seat of govt in ghana is that same castle in cape coast? and that the first elementary school in the country also started in the castle in 1776? that Cape Coast still has the best schools in Ghana? I on behalf of all Ghanaians are grateful to the President and CNN for the exposure but we need more; more of the positives. Thank you

Hi Andersen

My mother is from Elmina and my father from Cape Coast. I recently took my two boys to Ghana for their first visit and visited both Elmina and Cape Coast Castles and they were both changes. The people are poor but my boys realized how lucky they are here in the US(PA) and started getting As when they got back. My poor Elmina and Cape Coast is in the picture because of you so thank you so much.

Thanks Andersen.

Anderson, Akwaaba! Thank you for such a brilliant report, and pictures from your show and CNN. It throws a positive light on Ghana, and let the world enjoy Obama's visit to Ghana. The reporting was very educational to my family and all that watched, even though we are from Ghana. Thank you CNN, and Anderson for a great job done.

As an American citizen and an African (Liberian), I command you for a job well done in Ghana! Thank you for the coverage. I hope your next trip will be Liberia.

Anderson;
Great job in keeping it honest with your reporting. Milkions of Africans watched your report closely and I am personally pleased with your twist on the African project. I hope that this type of reporting will serve as a pace setter for other reporters and journalists who have huge ratings on their cable networks to showcase the powerful influence of African engagement in business, tourism, and culture.

I am glad that Ghana is serving as a model for my other dear African countries, peoples and cultures. Long live Africa; long live AC360.

Ayekoo.

great job as always and nice pictures. would you like to go back to Ghana?

Welcome back Anderson....now to Olajide Ogundipe, Jr...President Obama made a great choice.you and i will agree that nigeria is really corrupt(you can even google to prove my point)....He chose Ghana over nigeria despite all the oil and stability of your economy because ghana is peaceful and ghanaians are open and friendly to all...I wouldn't have being suprised if Obama came to nigeria and his kids were kidnapped and blackmailed in exchange for America..LOL...even Anderson is very excited to be in Ghana..please be excited too beacuse Obama came to ghana but this visit was for every country in Africa..Even if it's Nigeria ooo,Ghana oo,Kenya ooo they are all in AFRICA!!!! You should know he can't visit every country on the continent. God bless AFRICA & AMERICA and the people in the world.

Why "ayekoo" to AC? Did I miss something? Yes he showed more of Obama's visit than any of the networks, but for once I was hoping that for a change we will not see only the market place and those who do dot have water, but some emphasis on the life of an average person, the culture, entertainment (which is 24/7), the rich, the export and import, and the rich natural resources including gold and coco which is exported to other countries. What about the 5,4,3.. star hotels?Yes is not as developed as the western world, and the huge inequality gap does not help, but what is always seen on TV dose not speak of an average person in Ghana. I can't wait for the day a reporter will show both sides of an African country.

Anderson, first of all-been working out,right ? You look great. Thank You for the interview with our President,it is so touching and informative.

But the eye!! Where's the crazy spider-bitten eye?? Come on, you could have thrown us a few shots of your distorted face, just for a laugh. Thanks for the pix and all the tweets – Glad to see you are keeping up with Lance Armstrong on "TPM" ( tweets per minute).

Anderson thank you so much for the exceptional reporting in Africa. I hope and pray that one day I can visit. I love all your reporting especially in the field.

that was breath takingly nice. I ADVISE EVERYONE who can find a way to go to GHANA ...TO GO TO GHANA. The hospitality is unbelievable and don't leave until you have had some palm wine under the palm tree or some STAR beer.

Thank you Mr Anderson for sheding a positive light on my proud country,Ghana for been a peaceful and democractic in Africa.Hopefully next time u will show some of the beautiful places and not the degrading site.
Akwaaba ,Nyame nhyira wo(means welcome,and God bless u)
God bless Ghana and God bless America.

Anderson,

Wow....look @ those pipes you sport?!?!...err i mean biceps. U could be the next Lance Armstrong....no pun intended!

Best

Anderson, I watched your interview tonight, it was blissful. Just to echo my fellow Ghanaians, we are all very proud to be citizens of our lovely Gold Coast (Ghana). With it's rich cultures and traditions, I was not surprised President Obama choose Ghana as for his first African visit as a President. As you saw, Ghanaians are a bunch of happy people and we love life. I am however surprised no succeeded in dressing you in a traditional Ghanaian outfit. If they did, please share those pics. Thanks for sharing Ghana with the world. Keep up the wonderful world.

ps. I meant the wonderful WORK!!

CORRECTION: I know the lady in the picture and it has been years since I’ve seen her… so thank you again for helping me RELIVE (was relieve)those beautiful days I spent in Ghana.

O' PLEASE eat the fufu and soup with your fingers it definitely gives it a better taste. I mean the food is delicious but there is SOMETHING about eating it with the fingers.

It nice to see Anderson and the president in ghana,am very proud because am i was born in america by ghanian parents and grew up in kumasi Ghana, i completed my elementary and secondary education in Ghana.While i enjoy the pictures i would also like to see all the fine buildings,good roads and some of the good things not just poverty.As we say in Ghana"AYEKOO"good job well done.

nice pics with president obama. .. .nice job

When ever I see this president dong the fantastic job he is dong. I think of this poem by Langston Hughes:

I, Too, Sing America

I am the darker brother,
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes.
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed-
I, too, am American

.We love America in spite of her cruelty to us in the past and now. I am speaking of the negative comments made about the Obama children

Hey Anderson....Great Job.
Love the pictures

Great pictureas Anderson. Keep up the good work.
always look to you for objective reporting on Africa that isn't all bad news.

Anderson!,

You 've done it again and not only do I appreciate your coverage on Obama but some of your wonderful works as well in the deep jungle of Congo and other parts of Africa would always remain a creative art of journalism. Keep up the good work and don't forget to bring DON LEMON to the African hood on your next visit to Africa. Be blessed.

I'm impressed to see u in a more realistic situation rather than on the screen! more impressed to see Pdt Obama visiting Africa, it's great as for the world history! Hope to see both of u in my country (Madagascar) one day! by the way, my country need to learn a lot about your democracy.

Good Job! Thanks Anderson...long live 360, Long live Ghana

Particularly like the picture showing Anderson on the Cape Coast of Ghana. Hopefully this Ghana-trip opens you up to another milestone in your career, Anderson.

I was born in ghana, but i never thoght there was a place like that in ghana. thank you for showing all these nice pictures.

Anderson always looks happier when he is out in the field reporting. I didn't think his eye looked like anything was wrong. He is a handsome man with huge arms

Nigeria is not better economically. There are 160 million + with GDP equating relatively to Ghana and that is a shame. I have been to Nigeria and there are only 3 places to be proud off. Bill Clinton, Bush also visited Ghana and other African Countries to improve its partnership so do not be deluded in your judgement of Nigeria. US has decreased its retail trading to 20% with Nigeria, I have a family member working for HSBC and Nigeria is one of the countries they refuse to do business with... Still the best country?? Do not get me wrong Nigeria is full of talent but that is not enough, you guys need to stick together instead of fleeing to different countries.

Anyway welcome Anderson and I appreciate all your hard work in creating such good articles and pictures.. Keep it up!