For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
KWAME NKRUMAHIt 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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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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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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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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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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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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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 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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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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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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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.
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All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.
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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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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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