Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.
KWAME NKRUMAHNo people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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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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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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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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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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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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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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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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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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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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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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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 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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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