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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah

As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Concerned Death Extinguish Far Ghana Knowledge Light Long never
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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Another World Block Emerge Heritage Federal Government Humanity Innate Intense Respect
Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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Continent Country Nation One Order People Reality
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Colonialism Countries Country Develop Development Exploitation Less World
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Arrogate Claim Continent Country Himself Infected Non Obeyed Rule Suffer White
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Easier Eye Giving Hump Need Pass Political Proverbial Territory
Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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Capitalism Development Feudalism Gentleman Retirement Slavery
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Against Fortune Hand Imperialism Latin Struggle World
Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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Ahead Believe Challenge Countrymen Dream heavy Indeed Noble Responsibility Task Yet
The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Cry Masses People Unity
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Capitalism Colonialism End Imperialism Race World
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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Depth Height Judging Remember Started Success
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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Before Conscious Country Degradation Fought Long Many
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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Born Country Create Happen
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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Colonialism Essence Independent Outward Reality State Subject Theory Trapping
The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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Country Ghana Independence Liberation Meaningless

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