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 NKRUMAHAfrica is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.
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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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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 traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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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 oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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