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Decades of post-colonial chaos

"Veni, Vidi, Vici, numquam reliquit - ego adduxit inimici mei !"

"Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is

development by refinement from slavery. Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of
slavery."

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"The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather

than for the development of the less developed parts of the world. Investment under neo-
colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries

of the world."

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"A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor

which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace."

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"Slavery was not born of racism, rather racism was the consequence of slavery.' With this
racial twist was invented the myth of colour inferiority. This myth supported the

subsequent rape of our continent with its despoliation and continuing exploitation under
the advanced forms of colonialism and imperialism."

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"Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism . Her earth is rich,
yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not

Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa's
impoverishment."

Kwame Nkrumah

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Kwame Nkrumah

“ Kwame Nkrumah PC (21 September 1909-27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and
revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the

Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An influential advocate of Pan-
Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and

winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.

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Nkrumah promoted pan-African culture, calling for international libraries and cooperative
efforts to study history and culture. He decried the norms of white supremacy and Euro-

centrism imposed by British textbooks and cultural institutions.

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