The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist

We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!

The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to "civilize" Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.

Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge - a challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight, the courage to work, the courage to achieve - to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?

Africa is one continent, one people and one nation