Dr Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has expressed his openness to discussions and criticisms about his father’s legacy in an interview on Joy News’ PM Express.
“I do my best to be as objective as possible,” Dr Sekou Nkrumah told Evans Mensah on Thursday.
He added, “You realise I never referred to him as my father because I think he’s the father of the nation.”
Dr. Sekou Nkrumah shared that he did not really know his father, as he was only two years old when Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966.
After the overthrow, the family lived in exile in Egypt, and they never saw Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who was in Guinea Conakry, except through his letters.
“I didn’t know the man at all,” he admitted.
Despite the lack of a personal connection, Dr Sekou Nkrumah spoke highly of his father’s remarkable achievements.
“It’s kind of interesting to see such a village boy, if I may put it that way, grow up to be an international figure who represented not only Ghana, not only Africa, but the whole Black race,” he said.
He acknowledged the mixed legacy of his father, noting both his strengths and flaws. “I appreciate a good part of Nkrumah and also the bad part. So I try to be as objective as possible,” he remarked.
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