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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.

Kwame Nkrumah

Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Depth Height Judging Remember Started Success
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Concept Country Desire Moving Unity Want
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Colonialism Countries Country Develop Development Exploitation Less World
Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Capitalism Gentlemen Method Slavery
We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Danger Government Quiet Self Servitude Tranquility
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Black Country Government Liberation Objective People Primary Revolution Socialist Total Unification
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Before Conscious Country Degradation Fought Long Many
The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Independence Independent Learn Sovereign State Way
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Arrogate Claim Continent Country Himself Infected Non Obeyed Rule Suffer White
Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Continent Country Nation One Order People Reality
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Colonialism Essence Independent Outward Reality State Subject Theory Trapping
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 NKRUMAH

Common Culture Definition Language Nation Necessary Objective Reality Scientific Scrunnity Territory Time
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Born Country Create Happen
In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Direct Economic Outside Policy Political Reality System
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Abide Arise Egalitarianism Major Mean Principle Production Socialism Spontaneous
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Challenge Courage Dare Envision Fight Trust

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