Fathia Nkrumah | |
|---|---|
 Fathia Nkrumah with son Gamal | |
| 1st First Lady of Ghana | |
| In role 1957/1958 – 24 February 1966 | |
| Succeeded by | Mildred Christina Akosiwor Fugar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fathia Halim Rizk 22 February 1932 Zeitoun, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 31 May 2007 (aged 75) Badrawy Hospital, Cairo, Egypt |
| Political party | Convention People's Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Gamal (born 1958) Samia (born 1960) Francis (born 1962) Sekou (born 1964) |
| Profession | Teacher, Bank teller, First Lady |
| Religion | Coptic Christian |
Helena Ritz Fathia Nkrumah (/nərˈkrʊˈmɑːr/ nər-KRUU-MAR) (22 February 1932 – 31 May 2007),[1][2] born Fathia Halim Rizk (Arabic: فتحية حليم رزق), was an Egyptian, and the First Lady of the newly independent Ghana as the wife of Kwame Nkrumah, its first president.
Fathia Nkrumah was born to a Coptic Christian family and brought up in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo. She was the first child of a civil servant who died early; Fathia was raised by her mother single-handedly after her husband's death.[3]
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- ^ "How a beautiful and naive young Egyptian woman became Kwame Nkrumah's wife". GhanaWeb. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2023-09-29.