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 NKRUMAHThe oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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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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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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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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The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world.
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