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 NKRUMAHCapitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
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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 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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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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 traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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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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