Kwame Nkrumah Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.”
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“Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery . Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of slavery.”
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“Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism . 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 NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1965). “Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism”
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“Of all literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey.”
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“We face neither East nor West: we face forward.”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1972*). “Selected Speeches of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: First President of the Republic of Ghana”
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“It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1957). “Autobiography”, Nelson
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“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. 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 clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.”
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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 one continent, one people, and one nation. 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... 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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“The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.”
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“I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength, 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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“The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world. Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1965). “Neo-colonialism: the last stage of imperialism”, Nelson
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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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“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.”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah, Samuel Obeng (1997). “Selected speeches of Kwame Nkrumah”, Afram Pubns Ghana Ltd
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“Africa is one continent, one people and one nation”
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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 traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist”
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“Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1968). “Dark days in Ghana”, Lawrence & Wishart
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“For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. 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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“Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1965). “Consciencism”, p.33, NYU Press
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“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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“No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states. It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1957). “Ghana: the autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah”
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“All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.”
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“The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah (1968). “Dark days in Ghana”, Lawrence & Wishart
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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. The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression. Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.”
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“There is a close connection between socio-political development, the struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments. 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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“We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!”
-- Kwame NkrumahSource : Kwame Nkrumah's first independence speech, www.myjoyonline.com. March 6, 1957.
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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.”
-- Kwame Nkrumah
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