Gamal Nkrumah

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Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah
Nkrumah, his family and Nasser, 1965.jpg
A young Gamal (in front of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who stands third from left) and family, 1965, with Kwame Nkrumah at right)
Born
Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah

1958 (age 6667)
NationalityGhanaian
Education School of Oriental and African Studies
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit Al Ahram Weekly
TitleEditor, international affairs
ChildrenKarim Nkrumah (son)
Youssef Nkrumah (son)
Parent(s) Kwame Nkrumah (father)
Fathia Nkrumah (mother)
Relatives Samia Nkrumah (sister)
Sekou Nkrumah (brother)

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah (born 1958) is a Ghanaian journalist, a Pan-Africanist and an editor of Al Ahram Weekly newspaper. He is the eldest son of the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, [1] and his Egyptian wife Fathia Nkrumah. His sister is the Ghanaian politician Samia Nkrumah.

Gamal Nkrumah received his doctorate in political science from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He initially worked as a political journalist at Al-Ahram Weekly in Cairo [1] for more than 15 years. Presently, he is editor of the international affairs section at the newspaper.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ceesay, Fabakary B. (1 October 2007). "Nkrumah's Children to Continue Father's Legacy". Foroyaa online. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2010.