1st July 2024 7:12:34 AM
1 min readThe eldest son of Ghana's first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Dr. Francis Nkrumah, has passed away.
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The news was announced by Indian author and editor Vijay Prashad on social media on Sunday, June 30, 2023.
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"Dr. Francis Nkrumah (1935-2024) has just died. He was the oldest son of Kwame Nkrumah. He spent his life as a pediatrician, highly loved by his patients. Dr. Nkrumah remained in Ghana after the coup against his father and continued to work as a doctor and scientist," he wrote.
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The editor of Inkani Books, publishers of the latest edition of "The Revolutionary Thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah," quoted a foreword of the edition written by Dr. Francis Nkrumah in which he eulogized his father, stating, "I feel presently that Africa continues to miss [Kwame Nkrumah] unless we go back and revisit what Nkrumah actually meant for Ghana and for Africa."
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Francis Nkrumah was the eldest child of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. His siblings are Gamal Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah, and Sekou Nkrumah.
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