Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s eldest son reportedly dies at 68

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, eldest son of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah Born in Accra in 1958, he was the son of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Fathia Nkrumah, an Egyptian woman who married the former Ghanaian president.

Gamal was a journalist and political analyst who built much of his career in Egypt, serving as an editor at Al-Ahram Weekly, the English-language publication of the Egyptian media organisation Al-Ahram.

Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, eldest son of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has reportedly died.