I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength.
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It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle’s eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory.
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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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A challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight.
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The community of economic life is the major feature within a nation, and it is the economy which holds together the people living in a territory. It is on this basis that the new Africans recognise themselves as potentially one nation, whose dominion is the entire African continent.
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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…
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The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty.
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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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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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