Effie Nkrumah Effie Nkrumah i(16591899 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Ghanaian
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1 Diasporan Processing Effie Nkrumah , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up African in Australia 2019; (p. 237-245)

'My earliest memories of Pagewood, a suburb of southern Syd-ney, include eating gummy bears from the corner shop and collecting bottle caps with my dad, which we turned into fun toys with coloured thread. There was the Crystal truck that brought us awesome flavoured fizzy drinks while Saturday Disney was on: DuckTales and Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers. The sun shone through the white venetian blinds in that flat. I longed for days that would never come: where I would draw and mail my colourful, slightly lopsided drawing of Winnie the Pooh that the presenters of Saturday Disney would show during the episode. ' (Introduction)
 
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