Ghana Association. Ghana competed in the Winter Olympics in 2010 for the first time. Ghana qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics, scoring 137.5 International Ski Federation points, within the qualifying range of 120–140 points. Ghanaian skier, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", became the first Ghanaian to take part in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, taking part in the slalom skiing. Ghana finished 47th out of 102 participating nations, of whom 54 finished in the Alpine skiing slalom. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong broke on the international skiing circuit, being the second black African skier
Fathia Nkrumah State House and, following her "lifelong request", she was buried next to her husband at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. Her daughter, Samia Nkrumah was the CPP Member of Parliament for the Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region of Ghana,from January 7, 2009 to January 6, 2013. Fathia Nkrumah Helena Ritz Fathia Nkrumah ( ) (22 February 1932 – 31 May 2007); born Fathia Halim Ritzk; ), was a coptic Egyptian and the First Lady of the newly independent Ghana as the wife of the Kwame Nkrumah, its first president. Fathia Nkrumah was born and brought up in Zeitoun, a