He believed that Africa could emancipate herself, and get rid of the imperialistic monster. His vision for the continent included Africa mapping out her own geographical lines, establishing her own economical communities, therefore standing in her own merit.
Nkrumah delivered a speech in 1958 in Accra. He said the following: "Yet while we believe that Africa belongs to Africans, we are not racists or chauvinist. We welcome in our midst peoples of all other races, other nations, other communities, who desire to live among un in peace. But they must respect us, our rights, our right as the majority to rule. That, as our Western friends have taught us to understand, it is the essence of democracy".
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