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The government has resorted to increasingly harsh measures in a desperate attempt to crush the struggle for freedom.

— Robert Sobukwe

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The philosophy of Africanism holds out the hope of a genuine democracy beyond the stormy sea of struggle.

The Africanists take the view that there is only one race to which we all belong, and that is the human race.

We are fighting for the right of self-determination for the African people.

Here is a tree rooted in African soil, nourished with waters from the rivers of Africa.

We are ready to die for our freedom, but we are not prepared to kill for it.

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