Kwame Nkrumah Quotes on Knowledge
Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian political philosopher and the first Prime Minister and President of independent Ghana. This page collects quotes attributed to Kwame Nkrumah on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Capitalism is too complicated a system for a newly independent nation. Hence the need for a socialistic society.”
The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957), p. x. | We face neither East nor West: we face forward. [ 1 ] -
“The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957), p. x.”
Capitalism is too complicated a system for a newly independent nation. Hence the need for a socialistic society. -
“Just as in the days of the Egyptians , so today God had ordained that certain among the African race should journey westwards to equip themselves with knowledge and experience for the day when they would be called upon to return to their motherland and to use the learning they had acquired to help improve the lot of their brethren. ...I had not realized at the time that I would contribute so much towards the fulfillment of this prophecy.”
The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957). As quoted by George P. Hagan in Nkrumah's Leadership Style—An Assessment from a Cultural Perspective , in Arhin (1992), The Life and Work of Kwame Nkrumah . -
“Quoted in Canadian Institute of International Affairs International Journal , Volumes 13-14 (1957), p. 160.”
We cannot tell our peoples that material benefits in growth and modern progress are not for them. If we do, they will throw us out and seek other leaders who promise more … We have to modernize. Either we shall do so with the interest and support of the West or we shall be compelled to turn elsewhere. This is not a warning or a threat, but a straight statement of political reality. -
“At the Second Conference of African Journalists; Accra, November 11, 1963.”
To the true African journalist, his newspaper is a collective organizer, a collective instrument of mobilization and a collective educator—a weapon , first and foremost, to overthrow colonialism and imperialism and to assist total African independence and unity.