Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
KWAME NKRUMAHRevolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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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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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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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 face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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 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 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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
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We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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