Ama Nkrumah

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Ama Nkrumah
Born
Ama Nkrumah
NationalityGhanaian

Ama Nkrumah was a Ghanaian female political activist during and after Ghana's independence struggle.[1][2]

Politics[edit]

Ama Nkrumah was one of the female political activists who was with Ghana's first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah through the independence struggle and later served in various political capacities.[3]

In popular culture[edit]

Ama Nkrumah is the eponymous subject of the opening poem in Woman, Eat Me Whole, Ghanaian author and spoken-word artist Ama Asantewa Diaka's first poetry collection.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Column: Women and the movement for African unity & socialism – Today Newspaper". www.todaygh.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  2. ^ "National Commission On Culture". www.ghanaculture.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  3. ^ "Women at forefront of Africa's liberation struggles". www.workers.org. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  4. ^ Diaka, Ama Asantewa (2022). Woman, Eat Me Whole. New York: Ecco. p. 87. ISBN 9780063092914.