Gamal nkrumah
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Samia Nkrumah – arcVision Prize Stories
Samia Nkrumah – in the jury of the arcVision Prize – interviewed on BBC World Service.
Daughters of Political Icons – The Conversation
The interview on BBC
Biography
Samia Nkrumah, in the Jury of the arcVision Prize Women and Architecture since its first edition. President of the Kwame Nkrumah Panafrican Center, is a Ghanaian politician and Chairwoman of the Convention People’s Party, the first female to chair a political party in Ghana. She is the daughter of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, and his Egyptian wife Fathia Rizk.
She is one of the founders of Africa Must Unite, which aims to promote Kwame Nkrumah’s vision and political culture.
In an article entitled “The new Mandela is a woman”, the prestigious Huffington Post analyzes her impact on Ghanaian and African politics.
She is a member of the International Board of the “Women in Diplomacy” Committee, established in May 2013 at the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Chaired by the then Minister Emma Bonino, to further promote the role
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Samia Nkrumah facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Honourable Samia Nkrumah MP | |
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Nkrumah in 2009 | |
| Chairperson of the Convention People's Party | |
| In office September 2011 – September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ladi Nylander |
| Succeeded by | Edmund N. Delle |
| Member of Parliament for Jomoro constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Ocran |
| Succeeded by | Francis Kabenlah Anaman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah (1960-06-23) 23 June 1960 (age 64) Aburi, Ghana |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Michele Melega |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Kwame Nkrumah (father) Fathia Nkrumah (mother) |
| Relatives | Gamal Nkrumah (brother) |
| Alma mater | School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Website | Party website |
Honourable Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah (born 23rd June 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and former chairperson of the Convention People's Party (CPP) making her the first woman to ever head a major political party in Ghana. In the 2008 parliamentary election, she won the Jomoro constituency seat
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Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain.[1] He was then the first Prime Minister and then the President of Ghana, from 1957 until 1966. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.[2]
After twelve years abroad pursuing higher education, developing his political philosophy, and organizing with other diasporic pan-Africanists, Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast to begin his political career as an advocate of national independence.[3] He formed the Convention People's Party, which achieved rapid success through its unprecedented appeal to the common voter.[4] He became Prime Minister in 1952 and retained the position when he led Ghana to achieve independence from Brit
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