We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilize” Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.
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It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution.
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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.
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It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which the RACE question can finally be abolished and eliminated.
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Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
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We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
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But as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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