Kwame Nkrumah

01 Jul

First Son Of Kwame Nkrumah Passes On

wontumionlineNewsKwame Nkrumah, Professor Francis Nkrumah

Professor Francis Nkrumah, the eldest son of Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has passed on. The cause of death is not immediately known. But Indian author and editor Vijay Prashad announced his demise in a post on X on Sunday, June 30, 2024. He was 89 years old. https://twitter.com/vijayprashad/status/1807501307806126444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1807501307806126444%7Ctwgr%5Eb0cbbeda48448fc656c7c9966f39a857cd3283cc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adomonline.com%2Ffirst-son-of-kwame-nkrumah-passes-on%2F Taking to Facebook, his brother Sekou Nkrumah shared a photo with the deceased. Although his photo had no message attached to it, the post has attracted goodwill and commiseration messages from some social media users. The late Emeritus Professor was the longest-serving Director of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical…

01 Mar

Ghana Month: Prime Minister Nkrumah’s Review Of Ghana A Year After Independence

wontumionlineNewsGhana Independence Day, Kwame Nkrumah

(He delivered his review in a broadcast on the Eve of the Independence Anniversary March 5, 1958) A year ago today, the people of this country reached the end of their long struggle for Independence and won the fundamental right of all peoples to govern themselves as they see fit. Ghana, on this day, was proclaimed a free and independent sovereign state. Our first year of independence has been a most successful and also an eventful one. Our achievements, during this period, have proved beyond all doubt the justice of our claim to govern ourselves and to control our own…