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The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.

Kwame Nkrumah

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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Community Country Dominion Economy Entire Hold Nation People Potentially Recognize Territory Together
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 masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Cry Masses People Unity
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 better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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Anybody Better Else Far Govern Misgovern Yourself
The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be a common language, a common territory and common culture has failed to stand the test of time or the scrutiny of scientific definition of objective reality…
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Common Culture Definition Language Nation Necessary Objective Reality Scientific Scrunnity Territory Time
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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Abide Arise Egalitarianism Major Mean Principle Production Socialism Spontaneous
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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Account Class Community Conflicting Culture Division Less Psychology Society Virtually
The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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Attitude Being Describe Face Man Socialist Towards Traditional
Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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Become Could Country Divide Force Good Greatest Weak World
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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Colonialism Destiny Grip Master Own Serious State Threat World
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
The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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Against Exploitation Exploited Freedom Oppression Striving Suppression
No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
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Except Government Independent People Sovereign State Treatedm Same
Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Action Blind Empty Thought
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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Between Classes Development General Ideologies Intellectual Movement Social Struggle Trend

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