The first son of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, Professor Francis Nkrumah, passed away.
It’s unclear right now what caused the death.
However, on Sunday, June 30, 2024, Indian author and editor Vijay Prashad announced his passing in a post on X.
“Dr. Francis Nkrumah (1935-2024) has just died. He was the oldest son of Kwame Nkrumah. He spent his life as a pediatrician, highly loved by his patients. Dr. Nkrumah remained in Ghana after the coup against his father and continued to work as a doctor and scientist,” he wrote.
The editor of Inkani Books, publishers of the latest edition of “The Revolutionary Thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah,” quoted a foreword of the edition written by Dr. Francis Nkrumah in which he eulogized his father, stating, “I feel presently that Africa continues to miss [Kwame Nkrumah] unless we go back and revisit what Nkrumah actually meant for Ghana and for Africa.”
Gamal, Samia, and Sekou Nkrumah were the siblings of Francis Nkrumah, the first son of Dr. Nkrumah.
