It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
KWAME NKRUMAHIt 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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 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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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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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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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