The aspirations of the peoples of colonial countries, are identical, their destinies are similar and the goals they pursue in their national development are the same: liberation of Africa from the yoke of colonialism. Africa will never be free and independent if any part of it remains under foreign domination.

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Fighters for National Liberation: Political Profiles V.G. Khorosebal , Central Books Ltd, 1984, ISBN 0714720542, p 139. Lumumba at the 1958 intemational seminar of cultural workers in Ibadan, Nigeria, in a speech on African Unity and National Independence.

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