Sunday, March 6, 2011

Pan African Genetics: The children of Kwame and Fathia Nkrumah


(Photo credit: kwame zulu shabazz) Children of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Fathia Nkrumah (nee Rizk). From left to right: Francis Nkrumah, Gamal Nkrumah, Fakry Halim Rizk (brother of Nkrumah's wife Fathia), Samia Yaba Nkrumah, Sekou Nkrumah. I took this photo at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park during the interment of Nkrumah's wife, Fathia.
The children of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Fathia Nkrumah (nee Rizk) attending the funeral for Fathia who made her transition in 2007. Fathia was a Coptic Christian from Egypt. Nkrumah was so dedicated to African unity that even his marriage was, in part, a political statement about unifying North Africa and Africa south of the Sahara--pan Africanism in miniature, to turn a phrase from Karl Marx. Nkrumah's marriage to Fathia caused quite an uproar in Ghana, but she eventually gained the respect of Ghanaian citizens. 

Their daughter, Samia, formerly residing in Italy, has recently returned to Ghana and is a parliamentarian for Nkroful, Western Region, the birthplace of her father. Samia is, I believe, the only parliamentarian from the Convention People's Party (CPP) to win a seat in govt. this election cycle. The once invincible CPP party was founded by Kwame Nkrumah, but it has no political influence in Ghana currently. Samia has vowed to help reinvigorate the CPP and carry on the pan-African aims of her father. kzs


Samia Nkrumah (photo credit: voice of nana fosu)

Fathia Nkrumah, W.E.B. Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah

Fathia, W.E.B. Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, Shirley Graham Du Bois

Fathia Nkrumah in Egypt
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