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 NKRUMAHFor centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in 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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for 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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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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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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The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution.
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