Kwame Nkrumah

“Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism just as feudalism is a development by refinement from slavery . … Capitalism is but the gentleman's method of slavery . Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonisation [2] , 1964”

“We know that the traditional African society was founded on principles of egalitarianism . In its actual workings, however, it had various shortcomings. Its humanist impulse, nevertheless, is something that continues to urge us towards our all”

“Speech delivered by Osagyefo the President at the Laying of the Foundation Stone of Ghana's Atomic Reactor at Kwabenya on 25th November, 1964”

“To the true African journalist, his newspaper is a collective organizer, a collective instrument of mobilization and a collective educator”

“We cannot tell our peoples that material benefits in growth and modern progress are not for them. If we do, they will throw us out and seek other leaders who promise more … We have to modernize. Either we shall do so with the interest and support of the West or we shall be compelled to turn elsewhere. This is not a warning or a threat, but a straight statement of political reality. Quoted in Canadian Institute of International Affairs International Journal , Volumes 13”

“Just as in the days of the Egyptians , so today God had ordained that certain among the African race should journey westwards to equip themselves with knowledge and experience for the day when they would be called upon to return to their motherland and to use the learning they had acquired to help improve the lot of their brethren. ...I had not realized at the time that I would contribute so much towards the fulfillment of this prophecy. The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957). As quoted by George P. Hagan in Nkrumah's Leadership Style”

“Together as one*”

“We face neither East nor West: we face forward.”

“Capitalism is too complicated a system for a newly independent nation. Hence the need for a socialistic society. The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957), p. x.”

“For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non”