“Neo-colonialism is the worst form of imperialism. For those who practise it, it means power without responsibility and for those who suffer from it, it means exploitation without redress.”

— Kwame Nkrumah

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About Kwame Nkrumah

Politician • Ghanaian

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary who led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. As the first Prime Minister and later President of Ghana, he was a founding...

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