I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
KWAME NKRUMAHCountrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.
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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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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 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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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 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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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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