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The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.

— Kwame Nkrumah Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism (1965)

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The independence of Ghana is meaningless until it is linked to the total liberation of Africa.

Seek ye first the political kingdom and all things shall be added unto you.

Never in the history of the world has an alien ruler granted self-rule to a people on a silver platter.

The neo-colonialism of today represents imperialism in its final and perhaps its most dangerous stage.

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Capitalism is too complicated a system for a newly independent nation. Hence the need for a socialistic society.

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