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 NKRUMAHGhana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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 forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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A challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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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 struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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