Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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 community of economic life is the major feature within a nation, and it is the economy which holds together the people living in a territory. It is on this basis that the new Africans recognise themselves as potentially one nation, whose dominion is the entire African continent.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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The courage to work, the courage to achieve – to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?
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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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As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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 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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