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Kwame Nkrumah Quotes: I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
         

I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.


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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.



It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else



The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.

The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.



The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent

The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent



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.

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.



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

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



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.

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.



Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.





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