Sekou Nkrumah

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Sekou Nkrumah
Born (1963-12-01) 1 December 1963 (age 58)
Tamale, Ghana
Alma mater University of Bucharest; Achimota School
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Sekou Nkrumah (born 1 December 1963) [1] is a Ghanaian politician [2] and the last son of Ghana's first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah. [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Sekou was born to Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Fathia Nkrumah. He is the last child of Kwame Nkrumah. He was named after Sekou Toure, President of Guinea and a very good friend of Kwame Nkrumah.

Education

Sekou was educated at Achimota School and the University of Bucharest in Romania. During his time in Romania, Sekou married a Romanian woman with whom he had a son, Alin, who died in November 2012 at the age of 21. [6] He later remarried in Ghana where he had a daughter named Princess Fathia Nkrumah. [7]

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References

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