It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
KWAME NKRUMAHThe struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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But as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.
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It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle’s eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory.
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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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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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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.
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