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 NKRUMAHThe forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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.
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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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The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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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 prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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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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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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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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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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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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