page_title: Fathia Nkrumah
hierarchical_section_title: Fathia Nkrumah
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture for Fathia Nkrumah with son Gamal . Fathia Nkrumah (1932- 2007), the Egyptian wife of Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana
context_page_description: Helena Ritz Fathia Nkrumah, born Fathia Halim Rizk, was a Coptic Egyptian and the First Lady of the newly independent Ghana as the wife of Kwame Nkrumah, its first president.
  Fathia Nkrumah was born to a Coptic Christian family and brought up in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo. She was the third daughter of a civil servant who died early; Fathia was raised by her mother single-handedly after her husband's death.
context_section_description: Helena Ritz Fathia Nkrumah (/nərˈkrʊˈmɑːr/ nər-KRUU-MAR) (22 February 1932 – 31 May 2007), born Fathia Halim Rizk (Arabic: فتحية حليم رزق‎), was a Coptic Egyptian and the First Lady of the newly independent Ghana as the wife of Kwame Nkrumah, its first president.
  Fathia Nkrumah was born to a Coptic Christian family and brought up in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo. She was the third daughter of a civil servant who died early; Fathia was raised by her mother single-handedly after her husband's death.
caption: Fathia Nkrumah with son Gamal
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