The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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 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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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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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
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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.
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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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 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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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