Education and Training
He was educated at St Peter’s Boys School, Kumasi, Ghana, followed by secondary education at Asanteman Secondary School . He was the first Student Editor of The Porcupine. He passed the Cambridge School Certificate Exam (West African Examination Council) in 1959. In 1962, he passed the University of London General Certificate of Education Advanced Level examinations. He became a tutor at his alma mater for about three years before coming to the United States for further studies in 1964
Boateng attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he obtained a B.A. in Government in 1966. He went on to achieve a Masters Degree in Political Science at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) in 1969. His master’s thesis was entitled: “Some Problems of National Integration in Ghana and Nigeria, 1957-66: A Case Study.”
Boateng attended Howard University School of Law, where he obtained a J.D. degree in 1973. His doctoral thesis was entitled: “Case Study of Forced Labor among Professionals in Europe and Africa: A Question of International Law on Human Rights”. While at Howard, he became the president of the Howard University Society of International law (HUSIL) and led the moot court team as its captain for the annual international Jessup Moot Court Competition, organized by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in which the team won the American regional championship.
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