The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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.
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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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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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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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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 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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
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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 masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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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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The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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 community of economic life is the major feature within a nation, and it is the economy which holds together the people living in a territory. It is on this basis that the new Africans recognise themselves as potentially one nation, whose dominion is the entire African continent.
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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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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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