By Adesina Soyooye
The first son of Kwame Nkrumah, late founding President of Ghana is dead.
Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, who died in Cairo, Egypt, aged 68, was a Pan-African scholar, and an accomplished Journalist.
An announcement released by the Nkrumah family said Gamal passed on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, in Cairo, Egypt, following a prolonged illness. His mother, Fathia Nkrumah was an Egyptian.
The late Gamal suffered stroke, and had been in Cairo where he was receiving medical attention at a rehabilitation facility. Before he became ill, he had spent a significant period of his adult life in Cairo.
Gamal was a respected international analyst, editor, and political commentator. He had a long-standing work relationship with Egypt’s Al-Ahram Weekly and specialised in North African political affairs and Pan-African movement development.
According to the family, he will be laid to rest in accordance with Islamic traditions in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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