Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.
KWAME NKRUMAHCountrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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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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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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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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle erupts, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the master-mind and master-hand at work are the same.
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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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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 result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of 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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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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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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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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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