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The African is not a proletarian in the world of science and art: he has precious creations of his own, of ivory, of copper and of gold, fine plaited willow-ware, and weapons of superior workmanship.

— Pixley ka Isaka Seme

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The regeneration of Africa means that a new and unique civilisation is soon to be added to the world.

The day of great African kingdoms has passed away, but the spirit of the African people remains unconquered.

The most essential departure of this new civilisation is that it shall be thoroughly spiritual and humanistic—indeed a regeneration moral and eternal.

The African people, although not a strictly homogeneous race, possess a common fundamental sentiment which is everywhere manifest, crystallising itself into one common controlling idea.

The white people of this country have formed what is known as the Union of South Africa—a union in which we have no voice in the making of laws and no part in their administration.

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