NAIROBI, Jan. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, is to visit Ghana Sunday, and is to attend the Monday inauguration of Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf the first woman to be elected president in Africa, according to Ghana News Agency on Saturday.

    Bush would be accompanied by six university presidents from the United States to Ghana to unveil the "Textbooks and Learning Materials Program" aimed to support African tertiary education with the required logistics.

    Ghana was chosen for the launch of Laura Bush's program for Africa, which aims to link minority serving colleges in the United States with institutions in Africa to provide textbooks and school supplies for African students.

    The program would be launched at the Accra Teacher Training College.

    As part of her visit to Africa, Mrs. Bush would also travel to Liberia with the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to attend the inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf president-elect of Liberia and the first woman to be elected president on the African continent. Enditem