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SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF SAMIA NKRUMAH PRESIDENT OF KWAME NKRUMAH PAN-AFRICAN CENTRE Samia Yaba Nkrumah is the only daughter of Ghana’s first President, the legendary Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his Egyptian wife, Madam Fathia Halim Rizk. This unique circumstance of Pan- African birth and cultural inclinations underpin her belief in African unity. A belief and a political conviction that relies as much on the many texts of her father as it does on her own studies, interactions with academics, professionals, artists, students and everyday people across Africa and with Africans outside the continent. Born in 1960, the year Ghana declared its status as a Republic, she and her siblings left Ghana in 1966 after the illegal overthrow of the government of Kwame Nkrumah. For about a decade the family lived in Egypt returning to Ghana in the 70’s and then leaving again in the 80’s. Samia, who is fluent in Arabic, Italian and English and has worked for many years as a journalist and media consultant, was educated in Ghana, Egypt and the UK. She is married and has a son, Kwame. Returning to Ghana permanently in 2008 after many years of living abroad, Samia signaled her intention to “rekindle the vision of Kwame Nkrumah”. This she did by joining the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and contesting the 2008 parliamentary elections in the Jomoro constituency in the Western region of Ghana and winning decisively. In 2011 she made history by becoming the chairpersonship of the CPP, the only female leader of a political party in Ghana and also the youngest to occupy such a prominent role. Samia is the founder and president of the Kwame Nkrumah Pan African Centre, an organisation, set up to promote Kwame Nkrumah's vision, philosophy and political culture within the context of a united Africa. As she articulates it, “We must unite politically and integrate our economies for the benefit of African people”. Samia is a firm believer in the application of local culture and knowledge in solving local problems and has inspired many young people in the areas of Pan-Africanism, politics, and the environment. .

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