Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.
KWAME NKRUMAHCapitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution.
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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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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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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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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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 better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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