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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!

Kwame Nkrumah

For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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Centuries Continent Country Dominated Men People White
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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Another Best Claim Freedom Gift Now People Something
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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Anybody Beter Else Free Govern Misgoverm Yourself
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
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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Ahead Believe Challenge Countrymen Dream heavy Indeed Noble Responsibility Task Yet
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
We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
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Concept Country Desire Moving Unity Want
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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Directed Expense Friendship Good Greatesness Hope Mankind Power Suspension Trust
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
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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Concerned Death Extinguish Far Ghana Knowledge Light Long never
The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Cry Masses People Unity
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
Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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Colonialism Country Earth Groups Highlight Illustrate Neo Paradox
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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Arrogate Claim Continent Country Himself Infected Non Obeyed Rule Suffer White
We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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East Faces Forward Neither West
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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Apart Force Greater Influence Keep Superimpose Unite

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