It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.
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It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which the RACE question can finally be abolished and eliminated.
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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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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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 forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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