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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

Kwame Nkrumah

Consciencism

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Topic

Revolution

Author

Kwame Nkrumah

Source

Consciencism

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. Consciencism. Monthly Review Press, 1964, ch. 2.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah

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Topic

Self-determination Anti-colonialism

Author

Kwame Nkrumah

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

Kwame Nkrumah

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Topic

Nature of freedom Fighting for freedom Freedom

Speaker

Kwame Nkrumah

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. "Motion of Destiny." Revolutionary Path. Panaf, 1973. Originally an address called "Motion of Destiny." Gold Coast National Assembly. 10 July 1953, Accra, Ghana.

There are no races: there is nothing in the world that can do all we ask race to do for us.

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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Topic

Race

Author

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Appiah, Kwame Anthony. In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture. Methuen/Oxford University Press, 1992, ch. 2.