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Abigail Bonney••736 words · 4 min read The son of a founding father built his own legacy - but his final chapter holds a deeper story.
Gamal Nkrumah, son of Ghana's first president, has died in Cairo at 68. His life as a journalist and writer linked African politics and identity.
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