The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be a common language, a common territory and common culture has failed to stand the test of time or the scrutiny of scientific definition of objective reality…
KWAME NKRUMAHDivided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African national and racial equality.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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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 face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
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As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa.
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The 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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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