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

Ama Nkrumah
Born
Ama Nkrumah
NationalityGhanaian

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.