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To the true African journalist, his newspaper is a collective organizer, a collective instrument of mobilization and a collective educator—a weapon, … - Kwame Nkrumah
" "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.
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About Kwame Nkrumah
(21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, 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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Francis Nwia Kofi Ngonloma
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Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah
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Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
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