The first African-American President of the United States, Barack Obama, has been given a rapturous reception on his first visit to a sub-Saharan African country since taking office.
Mr Obama is making a 24-hour stop in Ghana, held up as a bastion of democracy in a continent which has struggled with corruption and conflict since the end of colonialism.
Mr Obama chose to visit Ghana because of its good record of governance, despite the fact that his own family ties link him strongly to Kenya, the country of his father's birth.
High security in Accra has meant that few of the thousands of Ghanaians who wanted to see Mr Obama have been able to catch a glimpse of him.
After meeting Ghana's president, Mr Obama headed to address parliamentarians. But the speech could not be made in parliament itself as the chamber is too small to fit in all those who wanted to hear him.
As Mr Obama arrived on stage he won a huge round of applause from the assembled dignitaries, many of whom craned to get their own memento of the moment.
From the podium Mr Obama took a stern but sympathetic line with Africa. He said Africa was a critical part of the world but should not blame the legacy of colonialism for its current problems.
After he spoke the president headed to a fort once used as a slave base, leaving many in central Accra exhausted by their efforts of trying catch a glimpse of him.
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