“Our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.”

Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

“Independence is only the prelude to a new and more involved struggle for the right to conduct our own economic and social affairs.”

Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

“The forces that unite us are far greater than the difficulties that divide us at present, and our goal must be the establishment of Africa's dignity, progress and prosperity.”

Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

“'Seek ye first the political kingdom' became the principal slogan of the Convention People's Party, for without political independence none of our plans for social and economic development could be put into effect.”

Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

“A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny.”

Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

“We face neither East nor West: we face forward.”

Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

Nelson Mandela South Africa

“It's true, you cannot kill ideas. Ideas do not die.”

Thomas Sankara Burkina Faso

“It can be done, play your part.”

Julius Nyerere Tanzania