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Fathia Nkrumah (1932-2007; born Fathia Rizk; Arabic: فتحية رزق), was the Egyptian wife of Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group Kwame Nkrumah ( September 21, 1909 - April 27, 1972) was an influential 20th century advocate of Pan-Africanism, and the leader of The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the

Fathia Nkrumah was born and brought up in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo to a Coptic family. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. A Copt ( Coptic: ouRemenkīmi enEkhristianos, literally Egyptian Christian) is a native Egyptian Christian. She was the third daughter of a civil servant who died early and Fathia was raised by her mother single-handedly after her husband's untimely death.

1 Early life
2 Leaving Ghana
3 Death
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Early life

After completing her secondary education, she worked as a teacher in her school, Notre Dame des Apôtres. As teaching did not appeal to her, she took a job in a bank. At that stage, Kwame Nkrumah proposed to marry her. Her mother was reluctant to see another of her children marry a foreigner and quit the country, as Fathia's brother had left Egypt with his English wife. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Fathia explained that Nkrumah was an anti-colonial hero, like Nasser yet her mother refused to speak to her or bless the marriage. Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15 1918 September 28 1970) was the second President Nkrumah married Fathia the evening of her arrival in Ghana: New Year's Eve, 1957-1958. ^[1]

Leaving Ghana

Fathia Nkrumah was a very young wife and mother of three very young children when her husband was overthrown in Ghana's first successful military coup d'état on February 24, 1966. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the ^[2] She had to take her children to Cairo, Egypt to be raised there while her husband went to exile.

Death

Fathia died on 31 May 2007 in Badrawy Hospital in Cairo due to a stroke after a period of illness. This page deals with events in or related to the continent of Africa in May 2007. ^[3]

Her memorial mass was held in the Orthodox Cathedral Church in Cairo by Pope Shenouda III on Friday, June 1, 2007^[4] and she was buried beside her husband in Ghana^[5] by the wish of Ghana's president John Kufuor. St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. HH Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria ( Coptic:, Arabic: البابا شنوده الثالث (born 3 August 1923) born Nazeer Gayed John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born December 8, 1938) is the current president of Ghana, since January 7 2001.

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Persondata
NAME	Nkrumah, Fathia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rizk, Fathia
SHORT DESCRIPTION	First Ghanaian first lady and wife of Kwame Nkrumah
DATE OF BIRTH	1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cairo, Egypt
DATE OF DEATH	31 May 2007
PLACE OF DEATH	Cairo, Egypt

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the Kwame Nkrumah ( September 21, 1909 - April 27, 1972) was an influential 20th century advocate of Pan-Africanism, and the leader of

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Early life

Leaving Ghana

Death

See also

References

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