We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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 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 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…
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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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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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