Household Name is level 5 of 5 in the Ghana Hall of Fame: known and loved across the country, whatever the body of work behind it. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
An Egyptian who married Kwame Nkrumah the night she arrived in Ghana, and became the new country's first First Lady — a union that was itself a Pan-African statement.
Fathia Halim Rizk was born in Cairo in February 1931 and married Kwame Nkrumah at Christiansborg Castle in Accra on New Year's Eve 1957, the evening she arrived in Ghana.
She served as Ghana's first First Lady until the coup of February 1966.
She served as Ghana's first First Lady until the coup of February 1966.
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