Why Kwame Nkrumah's mother-in-law refused to bless her daughter's marriage

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Pelicles. 6 months ago

Here is my simple question. So, under Nkrumah, he could not find any Ghanaian woman that fits him than going all the way to Egypt to marry an Arab woman he had never met? I mean, what kind of @@%$ is that?

Here is my simple question. So, under Nkrumah, he could not find any Ghanaian woman that fits him than going all the way to Egypt to marry an Arab woman he had never met? I mean, what kind of @@%$ is that?
Very racist country 6 months ago

The real issue is Arabs see blacks as animals Nkrumah never even married the black woman he had his first born with wanted a slight skined woman what an irony on his pan africanism

The real issue is Arabs see blacks as animals Nkrumah never even married the black woman he had his first born with wanted a slight skined woman what an irony on his pan africanism
I piss on sick dog prophet mohammed 6 months ago

Quran. is toilet. paper. . .

Quran. is toilet. paper. . .
FRANKIE 6 months ago

@Pelicles, you need to read the story again; this time slooooowly until you overstand it. Nkrumah's marriage to Fathia was politically motivated to symbolize our oneness as Africans in pursuance of the African dream - African ...
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@Pelicles, you need to read the story again; this time slooooowly until you overstand it. Nkrumah's marriage to Fathia was politically motivated to symbolize our oneness as Africans in pursuance of the African dream - African Unity. The greatness of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah can only be realized when you go outside this country. Go to the university of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; Nkrumahism is studied at the African Studies department of that university. Even in some black churches in America Nkrumah's picture is hanged on their walls symbolizing his greatness. Still........ Nkrumah never dies!!!
Who told u those Arabs are africans 6 months ago

Those light skinned Arabs u see in North Africa are not Africans they do not also see themselves as Africans they are the most racist on earth they kill blacks with impunity Even Tunisia s president publicly said they are no ...
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Those light skinned Arabs u see in North Africa are not Africans they do not also see themselves as Africans they are the most racist on earth they kill blacks with impunity Even Tunisia s president publicly said they are not africans
The Spear 6 months ago

The whole Maghreb thinks that way and distance itself from blacks. They think really so bad of blacks it's not advisable living among them as a black. If you doubt, try vacationing in Morocco, Tunisia, Libya or Egypt.

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The whole Maghreb thinks that way and distance itself from blacks. They think really so bad of blacks it's not advisable living among them as a black. If you doubt, try vacationing in Morocco, Tunisia, Libya or Egypt.

There are times I believe there's some merit in their perception of the black person, and it's because we let them. If you want respect from anyone, first respect yourself. Blacks all over the world have demonstrated only stupidity and uselessness, deficiency in knowledge and lack of capacity to reason, even by themselves. When you pillage and destroy your country just to go and slave somewhere others toil to build, you bring disrespect on yourself.

Until blacks find a way to begin behaving like normal humans, we will always be at the receiving end of every bully and scorn.
Joe 2 weeks ago

Oh yes that is really true speaking they are, and they are nobody else just mindless people that all!!!

Oh yes that is really true speaking they are, and they are nobody else just mindless people that all!!!
Pelicles. 6 months ago

FRANKIE, keep your opinion to yourself. By the way, what if "Nkrumahism"? Define it.

FRANKIE, keep your opinion to yourself. By the way, what if "Nkrumahism"? Define it.
Former Dining Hall Prefect 6 months ago

Is this what is keeping you awake? I feel sorry for you.

Is this what is keeping you awake? I feel sorry for you.
Texmaroony 6 months ago

The writeup said the woman was a coptic Christian woman.

The writeup said the woman was a coptic Christian woman.

FATHIA IS NKRUMAHS 2nd WIFE 6 months ago

Fathia was Nkrumah’s second wife. His first wife was Mary Koranteng an Achiase woman who he married in 1951 and divorced in 1955.

She was a CPP MP and later became chair of the State Fishing Corporation. Together they ha ...
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Fathia was Nkrumah’s second wife. His first wife was Mary Koranteng an Achiase woman who he married in 1951 and divorced in 1955.

She was a CPP MP and later became chair of the State Fishing Corporation. Together they had a daughter called Elizabeth and so Samia is not Nkrumah’s only daughter.

Nkrumah mentions his customary marriage in his will, he made provision for his daughter in his will and also his 4 step children who came to the marriage with Mary Koranteng
kelewele 6 months ago

Kwame Nkrumah a ''pan-Africanist'' who married an Arab. Was he a fraud?

Kwame Nkrumah a ''pan-Africanist'' who married an Arab. Was he a fraud?
Joe 2 weeks ago

What this scammer are saying people like this let Ghana down, he said fraud and who was fraud this guy talking about kwame Nkrumah or who that is stupidity to say that l was kid but l can see how Ghana is okay fool l say so?! ...
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What this scammer are saying people like this let Ghana down, he said fraud and who was fraud this guy talking about kwame Nkrumah or who that is stupidity to say that l was kid but l can see how Ghana is okay fool l say so?!!!
Former Dining Hall Prefect 6 months ago

"Fathia arrived in Ghana December 31, 1957 and Nkrumah married her that evening". How is that possible? No publication of bans?

"Fathia arrived in Ghana December 31, 1957 and Nkrumah married her that evening". How is that possible? No publication of bans?
Man to man 6 months ago

Even in death, Dankwa-Busia will not allow Nkrumah to rest. We are tired of ur hatred. He is still greatest among his peers

Even in death, Dankwa-Busia will not allow Nkrumah to rest. We are tired of ur hatred. He is still greatest among his peers
Efo Juju 6 months ago

According to Kwesi Pratt, Kwame Nkrumah bought cocoa to Ghana.

According to Kwesi Pratt, Kwame Nkrumah bought cocoa to Ghana.
Adzexe 6 months ago

No wonder they born that gyimigyimi thing called seku. Mtcheew

No wonder they born that gyimigyimi thing called seku. Mtcheew
K Poku-London-UK 6 months ago

Some of Kwame Nkrumah’s Achievements to Ghana in the space of 6 years Ghana 60's

- University Of Cape Coast (UCC)
- Ghana National College, Cape Coast
- Mfantsiman Girls' SHS
- Winneba secondary school
- Apam Sec ...
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Some of Kwame Nkrumah’s Achievements to Ghana in the space of 6 years Ghana 60's

- University Of Cape Coast (UCC)
- Ghana National College, Cape Coast
- Mfantsiman Girls' SHS
- Winneba secondary school
- Apam Secondary School
- Swedru Secondary School (SWESCO)
- Fosu Training College
- Ofori Panyin Secondary School
- Techiman Secondary School
- Dormaa Secondary School
- Tema Secondary School
- Oda Secondary School
- Labone Secondary School
- Kwadaso College of Education
- Atebubu Training College
- Berekum Training College
- Enchi Training College
- Turned University College of Gold Coast into University of Ghana (He became their first chancellor)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
- Institute of African Studies
- Kwame Nkrumah Institute of Economics and Political Science(now south campus of UEW)
- Ajumako School of Languages(now under UEW)
- Kumasi Technical Institute (now a University)
- Accra Polytechnic(now Accra Technical University)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(previously Kumasi central hospital)
- He made Korle Bu a teaching hospital and expanded its capacity by constructing the Medical, Maternity, Surgical and Child Health blocks
- He established the Ghana Medical School
- He made Medical care free to all citizens
- He established GIHOC pharmaceuticals
- He also built several hospitals and clinics
- Abosso Glass Factory
- Zuarungu Meat Factory
- Wenchi Tomato Factory
- Kade Match Factory
- Akosombo Textiles Limited
- Kumasi Shoe Factory
- Pwalugu Tomato Factory
- Asutuare Sugar Factory
- Komenda Sugar Factory
- Kumasi Jute Factory
-Nsawam Cannery, Brick and Tile Factory
- Tarkwa Bonsa Tyre Factory
- Bolgatanga Meat Processing Factory
- Bolgatanga Rice Mill Factory
- GIHOC Fibre Products Company
- Ghana Black Star Line with almost 15 ships
- Bank of Ghana (BoG)
- Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB)
- Agricultural Development Bank (ADB)
- National Investment Bank (NIB)
- State Insurance Company (SIC)
-Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT)
- Ghana Oil Company (GOIL)
- Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA)
- Tema Oil Refinery (TOR)
- The National Management and Productivity Institute
- Ghana Film Industries, Accra
-Ghana Airways Corporation
- Ghana National Trading Corporation
- Cocoa Marketing Board (COCOBOD)
- Tema Steel Works
- Volta Aluminium Company
- State Housing and Hotel Projects
- Labone Estate
- Kanda Estates
- Osu Ringway Estates
- Airport Residential Area
- Patasi Estate
- Kwadaso Estate
- Buokrom Estates
- North and South Suntreso
- Tema Township(Communities)
- Star Hotel
- Meridian Hotel
- Ambassador Hotel
-Continental Hotel now Golden Tulip Accra
-Atlantic Hotel
- City Hotel Catering Rest Houses now Golden Tulip Kumasi
- Peduase Lodge
- Ghana Film Corporation
- Ghana News Agency
- Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
- Atomic Reactor Station
- Akosombo Dam
- Restructured the British Military base into Accra (now Kotoka) International Airport
- Tema Motorway
- Tema Harbour
- Adomi Bridge
- State Farms and Institutes.
Sycamore 6 months ago

Thanks very much for the enlightenment, what this actually means is that Ghana is still running at the mercies of Nkrumah's legacies. Indeed Nkrumah never dies

Thanks very much for the enlightenment, what this actually means is that Ghana is still running at the mercies of Nkrumah's legacies. Indeed Nkrumah never dies
Former Dining Hall Prefect 6 months ago

Virtually all the factories you have listed were useless government ventures which depended on government subvention and never made any profit. That was why Rawlings sold most of them. (Kanda GNTC and Nsawam Cannery went to ...
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Virtually all the factories you have listed were useless government ventures which depended on government subvention and never made any profit. That was why Rawlings sold most of them. (Kanda GNTC and Nsawam Cannery went to his wife). Even China and the Soviet Union now know that these are businesses that should not be operated by government.

The Spear 6 months ago

The profit "they never made" which Jerry seriously complained about he had to pump scare foreign exchange into them fruitlessly (Just like our leaders did to the country) was about a systemic situation of rampant and endemic ...
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The profit "they never made" which Jerry seriously complained about he had to pump scare foreign exchange into them fruitlessly (Just like our leaders did to the country) was about a systemic situation of rampant and endemic theft and mismanagement!

Even now, if you create 1000 factories in Ghana, I can go jingoes for my head that they won't last 5 years, and if they do, nothing good will come out of them, thanks to the predators.
judischrislam 6 months ago

That was a jump start to industrialization. They were never given the opportunity to grow. When you start a business, it takes about five years to break even and then you start to make profit from the 6th year onward.
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That was a jump start to industrialization. They were never given the opportunity to grow. When you start a business, it takes about five years to break even and then you start to make profit from the 6th year onward.
In many countries the government starts an industry and when all the kinks have been resolved they rolled it to the public. That is how the ineternet began, that is how comp[uters came into being. There a lot more.
The problems with us is that we do not have patience but those of us who grew in the coca farming communities know very well this period of limbo.
He made a great start
You forgot the Vehicle Assembly Plant, Gihoc electronics , The Ghana maritime acade,my and many more.
The Spear 6 months ago

Sorry, Nsawam cannery went to 31st December Women NOT Konadu particularly.

Sorry, Nsawam cannery went to 31st December Women NOT Konadu particularly.
Maame 6 months ago

Whether they were useless or useful, you'll not be alive without them today -Akosombo Dam, GCB, Bank of Ghana, the universities and colleges, the secondary schools, hospitals, hotels - continue to sustain Ghana. Onioa beye b ...
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Whether they were useless or useful, you'll not be alive without them today -Akosombo Dam, GCB, Bank of Ghana, the universities and colleges, the secondary schools, hospitals, hotels - continue to sustain Ghana. Onioa beye bi, na wambeye ne yinaa. Thank you great leader. Rest in peace Osagyefo, Ose ade3 yo, Kantamanto Dr. ,Francis Kofi Nwia Nkrumah. You did what was humanly possible. The rest is in our hands as Ghanaian. Let's take after him, stop pocketing resources. Learn to be selfless to please Ghana ahead of personal interests.
Efo Juju 6 months ago

These factories could not even make enough money to pay the salaries of the workers, let alone make profit. That was why Rawlings sold them. A typical one still existing is Asutuare Sugar Factory. China and Russia have now ...
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These factories could not even make enough money to pay the salaries of the workers, let alone make profit. That was why Rawlings sold them. A typical one still existing is Asutuare Sugar Factory. China and Russia have now seen the light and realised that these are not institutions to be operated by government.
The Spear 6 months ago

They made money! The managements embezzled them while others stole every bit of item they could lay hands on, just like stupid Kofi Jumah was doing to GIHOC because his son married Akufo-Addo's daughter.

They made money! The managements embezzled them while others stole every bit of item they could lay hands on, just like stupid Kofi Jumah was doing to GIHOC because his son married Akufo-Addo's daughter.
Pelicles. 6 months ago

Who sold these factories that were just on paper but operating at a loss? Tamale Catering Rest House was sold to Huudu Yahaya for a paltry sum of 50,000 cedis by JJ Rawlings PNDC under divestiture implementation.

It is not ...
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Who sold these factories that were just on paper but operating at a loss? Tamale Catering Rest House was sold to Huudu Yahaya for a paltry sum of 50,000 cedis by JJ Rawlings PNDC under divestiture implementation.

It is not the business for a government to operate such venture rather, the private sector. Do you understand this Ghanaians "Signature tune" "3y3 aban de", and its meaning?
K POKU DONT BELIEVE THE LIES BY THE CPP 6 months ago

Kwadaso Collge was established in 1922. It is on their website and they recently celebrated 100 years.

Legon was established as a University college in to become a University in 1958

UST was to be a University by 1961. ...
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Kwadaso Collge was established in 1922. It is on their website and they recently celebrated 100 years.

Legon was established as a University college in to become a University in 1958

UST was to be a University by 1961. Read the Watson Commission Report so it had nothing to do with Nkrumah.

Komfo Anokye Hospital was started in 1951 when Nkrumah was in Ussher Fort prison so hiw he built tge place is a miracle. The funds for the hospital were approved in 1949.

Tema Oil Refinery was a private firm called AGIP, from Italy, until IK Acheampong nationalized it in 1977
Pepso pee 6 months ago

It is true Nkrumah ruled from 1951 to 1966 that is 15 years continually,the only President who bear him was Rawlings who ruled from 1981 to 2000,total of 19 years
Nkrumah did not do that you have listed in 6 years

It is true Nkrumah ruled from 1951 to 1966 that is 15 years continually,the only President who bear him was Rawlings who ruled from 1981 to 2000,total of 19 years
Nkrumah did not do that you have listed in 6 years
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Nigerian historian much better and Concise 6 months ago

Fathia a coptic Christian and an Egyptian Arab. Please clarify are Coptic Christians in Egypt Arabs. Eguptians are Egyptians according to the Bible narratives dating back about 5000 years. Bible mentions Arabians from the Mi ...
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Fathia a coptic Christian and an Egyptian Arab. Please clarify are Coptic Christians in Egypt Arabs. Eguptians are Egyptians according to the Bible narratives dating back about 5000 years. Bible mentions Arabians from the Middle east specifically the Arabian peninsula or from present day Saudi Arabiahomeland of the Arabian people. In the 1st century AD people came from the different regions to attend the feast of Pentecost speaking their own language from Crete, Egypt, Rome, Arabia. Libya etc to Jerusalem see Acts Chapter 2 vrs 8-11.Anyway Nigerian historians and writers are much better and concise than Yaw Anokye
Kwame 6 months ago

The poor girl spoke French and Arabic. Nkrumah spoke nsema( Akan) and English. One may ask “how did he communicate with his “pan-African” wife? What a weirdo!

The poor girl spoke French and Arabic. Nkrumah spoke nsema( Akan) and English. One may ask “how did he communicate with his “pan-African” wife? What a weirdo!
kankan nyame 6 months ago

First of all Sinare was only part of a delegation. There was a whole Ghanaian delegation sent to Egypt to look for a wife for Nkrumah. Why the choice of Egypt is unclear, but it is no secret that Nkrumah liked fair women! And ...
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First of all Sinare was only part of a delegation. There was a whole Ghanaian delegation sent to Egypt to look for a wife for Nkrumah. Why the choice of Egypt is unclear, but it is no secret that Nkrumah liked fair women! And this marriage had nothing to do with politics.
It is also to be noted that Fathia’s mother insisted that Egypt open an embassy in Ghana, that was her only condition for the marriage between Fathia and Nkrumah. And therefore she blessed the marriage!
Samy Samy 6 months ago

Because the Nkrumah didn’t trust Ghana women s loyalty during the political uncertainty at that time he wanted a neutral relationship not connected to any Ghana tribe or community if you like

Because the Nkrumah didn’t trust Ghana women s loyalty during the political uncertainty at that time he wanted a neutral relationship not connected to any Ghana tribe or community if you like
Joe 2 weeks ago

Yeah the answer is this, because he is black and the mother doesn’t care if her daughter want to marry Ghana prime minister, and l don’t think the care about all that but one thing she care about color because where she c ...
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Yeah the answer is this, because he is black and the mother doesn’t care if her daughter want to marry Ghana prime minister, and l don’t think the care about all that but one thing she care about color because where she comes from in olden days in Egypt

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