I expected a wall of protocol policed by bodyguards on this hot summer afternoon - instead the welcome was as cool as a West African breeze off the Cape Coast. I was picking my way on foot through the grand terraces of Belgravia, in London, in search of the former head of state of Ghana I decided to ask directions from a young man cleaning a black Land Rover Discovery.
"Who are you looking for?" he asked.
"Former President John Kufuor," to which the driver jerked his head to the left, indicating I should follow him inside.