Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
KWAME NKRUMAHBut 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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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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.
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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 masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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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.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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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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