Essien Udom is a Nigerian. At present he's a professor at Ibadan University.

A new world order is in the making, and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take our rightful place in it.

I believe that a psychological, cultural, and philosophical migration back to Africa will solve our problem.

If integration will get [black man] that [respect as the human being], all right. If segregation will get him that, all right. If separation will get him that, all right.But after he gets integration and he still doesn't have this dignity and this recognition as a human being, then his problem is still not solved.

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.

The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more.