--- title: "4 Exploitation Quotes By Kwame Nkrumah" description: "4 Exploitation quotes by Kwame Nkrumah. Plus more from Kwame Nkrumah and more Exploitation sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/kwame-nkrumah-15093_africa_never-before-in-history-has-such-a-sweep_308579.jpg" --- > [“Never before in history has such a sweeping fervor for freedom expressed itself in great mass movements which are driving down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/never-before-in-history-has-such-a-sweeping-fervor-for-freedom/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/kwame-nkrumah-15093_africa_never-before-in-history-has-such-a-sweep_308579.jpg) > [Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/socialism-is-not-spontaneous-it-does-not-arise-of-itself-it-has/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/kwame-nkrumah-15093_abiding_socialism-is-not-spontaneous-it-does-not_717995.jpg) > [The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/the-fortunes-of-the-african-revolution-are-closely-linked-with-the/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/kwame-nkrumah-15093_adversity_the-fortunes-of-the-african-revolution-a_1241403.jpg) > [The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/the-result-of-neo-colonialism-is-that-foreign-capital-is-used-for-the/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/kwame-nkrumah-15093_colonialism_the-result-of-neo-colonialism-is-that-fo_2668420.jpg) ## Other authors on Exploitation - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/mahatma-gandhi/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-j-prial-35743.jpg) GaryLFrancione 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/garylfrancione/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/karl-marx/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/noam-chomsky/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-l-francione-36989.jpg) Gary L. Francione 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/gary-l-francione/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bell-hooks-16868.jpg) Bell Hooks 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/bell-hooks/) ## More by Kwame Nkrumah > [But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/but-i-think-that-of-all-the-literature-that-i-studied-the-book-that/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [“All the fair brave words spoken about freedom that had been broadcast to the four corners of the earth took seed and grew where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/all-the-fair-brave-words-spoken-about-freedom-that-had-been-broadcast/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [We face neither East nor West: we face forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/we-face-neither-east-nor-west-we-face-forward/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/it-is-clear-that-we-must-find-an-african-solution-to-our-problems-and/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation. The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/africa-is-one-continent-one-people-and-one-nation-the-notion-that-in/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/a-state-in-the-grip-of-neo-colonialism-is-not-master-of-its-own/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [“Never before in history has such a sweeping fervor for freedom expressed itself in great mass movements which are driving down the bastions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/never-before-in-history-has-such-a-sweeping-fervor-for-freedom/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/we-all-want-a-united-africa-united-not-only-in-our-concept-of-what/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [Africa is one continent, one people and one nation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/africa-is-one-continent-one-people-and-one-nation/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/the-masses-of-the-people-of-africa-are-crying-for-unity/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/i-am-not-african-because-i-was-born-in-africa-but-because-africa-was/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/at-long-last-the-battle-has-ended-and-thus-ghana-your-beloved-country/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [Seek ye first the political kingdom and all other else will be added unto it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/seek-ye-first-the-political-kingdom-and-all-other-else-will-be-added/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/it-is-only-the-ending-of-capitalism-colonialism-imperialism-and/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) > [Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/socialism-is-not-spontaneous-it-does-not-arise-of-itself-it-has/) [Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploitation/kwame-nkrumah/#itemlist", "name": "4 Exploitation Quotes By Kwame Nkrumah", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Never before in history has such a sweeping fervor for freedom expressed itself in great mass movements which are driving down the bastions of empire. This wind of change blowing through Africa, as I have said before, is no ordinary wind. 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