In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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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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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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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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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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 innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength.
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The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world.
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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