Samia Nkrumah
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Honourable Samia Nkrumah MP |
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Nkrumah in October 2009
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| Chairperson of the Convention People's Party | |
| Member of Parliament for Jomoro constituency |
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In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Ocran |
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June 23, 1960 Aburi, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | Convention People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Michele Melega |
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Kwame Nkrumah Fathia Nkrumah Gamal Nkrumah |
| Alma mater | School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Occupation | Politician and Journalist |
| Website | Party website |
Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah (born 23 June 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and chairperson of the Convention People's Party. In the 2008 parliamentary election, she won the Jomoro constituency seat at her first attempt. She is a daughter of the first President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah.
The daughter of the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, and his Coptic Egyptian wife Fathia Rizk, Samia Nkrumah was born at Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana in 1960. She was forced to leave Ghana with her mother and brothers on the day of the 1966 military coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah. The family were resettled in Egypt by the Egyptian government. She returned with her family in 1975 at the invitation of General Acheampong's National Redemption Council government and attended Achimota School. However, she left the country again when her mother decided to return to Egypt in the early 1980s. Samia proceeded to London, later completing her studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London in the United Kingdom, where she obtained the degree of Bachelor Arabic Studies in 1991. She also completed a Master's degree at the same institution in 1993.
She became the first woman to ever head a major political party in Ghana. Her victory, along with three other female members of the party, is hailed as marking the renaissance of the ailing CPP, and an affirmation of the party's long held tradition of promoting women's rights. In an article about her, entitled "The new Mandela is a woman", the Huffington Post describes and analyses her impact on Ghanaian and African politics. She is one of the founders of Africa Must Unite, which aims to promote Kwame Nkrumah's vision and political culture. As part of this philosophy, she decided to go into active politics in Ghana.
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