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Samia Nkrumah
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“consensus-building was the most important endeavour politicians, trade unionists, academicians, civil societies and think tanks on the African continent must embrace to allow them to collectively agree on national and continental priorities.”
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me, the greatest problem we have as a country and continent is we are not able to marshal the best minds or skills in Ghana and Africa because of multiparty politics.”
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“The world needs to be aware that this can't happen and we in Ghana, the people, must add our voice to the millions of people all over the world that there must be a humanitarian corridor enough, no more killing; war is never the solution; the solution is political. But before we get to the political, we need to stop the bombing, stop the killing, and stop the destruction .”
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“father died while their mother was still young was another painful sacrifice they had to endure while growing up.”
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“They were together for only 8 years. This young, beautiful woman was left with three children, but that’s how it was. That is the price we paid for our independence, and it’s a price we’re still paying to become economically independent.”
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“All Africans across the globe must come together to prosper.”
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“I wonder why we didn't think about five or six regional markets rather than one. I know the answer .”
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“I don’t think any government can perform to our satisfaction, without seriously taking up the challenge of working with other African governments. Our father wrote about this extensively. For our economic survival, we need to integrate with other economies.”
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“There are so many things we could do easier and cheaper, including even borrowing, if we collaborate.”
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“I think the solution to our economic wars and challenges as individual African countries is to take this very seriously.”
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“No government has delivered satisfactorily to the people of Ghana… The NPP government has not delivered satisfactorily. The NDC government has not delivered satisfactorily. Since we returned to multiparty democracy, we are floundering.”
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“I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long.”
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“We were traumatised, we were scared, we were confused.”
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Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“But the good news is that we’ve come back.”
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Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“We are coming back to recognize our father’s work.”
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Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“That negative propaganda that Osagyefo when he left, Ghanaians were happy is not true.”
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Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“Nzimaland will rise, Africa will rise, Ghana will rise.”
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Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“We are here because we want to reintroduce our father’s ideas to the younger generation.”
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Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“They say he was an isolationist. They say he was dogmatic, rigid in his ideas. Let me tell you, this is not true.”
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I want you to forgive us for staying away from our home for so long - Samia Nkrumah tells Nkroful 3news.com ( 19 Sept 2026)
“For the African to prosper, for our economic survival, we must put our heads together and build our nations together.”
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Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2025/01/samia-nkrumah-urges-african-leaders-to-unite-for-continents-prosperity/? ( january20,2025)
“Even one person or one country can leave a lasting impact.”
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Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2025/01/samia-nkrumah-urges-african-leaders-to-unite-for-continents-prosperity/? ( january20,2025)
“It is not a sentimental goal but a serious economic project.”
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Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2025/01/samia-nkrumah-urges-african-leaders-to-unite-for-continents-prosperity/? ( january20,2025)
“As our forebears dreamt of a united Africa, we must now make it a reality.”
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Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2025/01/samia-nkrumah-urges-african-leaders-to-unite-for-continents-prosperity/? ( january20,2025)
“The journey ahead demands courage, humility, and collaboration.”
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Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2025/01/samia-nkrumah-urges-african-leaders-to-unite-for-continents-prosperity/? ( january20,2025)
“When we returned in 1975 to pursue our education at the invitation of the Acheampong regime, they said they would honour our father.”
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Recorded in: https://univers.ug.edu.gh/samia-nkrumah-narrates-what-her-family-went-through-after-acheampong-invited-them-back-to-ghana-in-1975/
“It was then that I heard negative comments about our father for the first time.”
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Recorded in: https://univers.ug.edu.gh/samia-nkrumah-narrates-what-her-family-went-through-after-acheampong-invited-them-back-to-ghana-in-1975/
“I was too shy, helpless, and intimidated to even be able to defend our father to my teacher.”
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Recorded in: https://univers.ug.edu.gh/samia-nkrumah-narrates-what-her-family-went-through-after-acheampong-invited-them-back-to-ghana-in-1975/
“The house ... which is today Peduase Lodge, where I was born, that could have been our house, but he gave it to the state.”
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Recorded in: NAPO saga: Peduase Lodge could've been our house but my father gave it to the state – Samia Nkrumah eulogises Kwame Nkrumah modernghana.com ( july12,2024 )
“Our father didn’t amass wealth.”
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Recorded in: NAPO saga: Peduase Lodge could've been our house but my father gave it to the state – Samia Nkrumah eulogises Kwame Nkrumah modernghana.com ( july12,2024 )
“Our father wasn’t interested in those kinds of things.”
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Recorded in: NAPO saga: Peduase Lodge could've been our house but my father gave it to the state – Samia Nkrumah eulogises Kwame Nkrumah modernghana.com ( july12,2024 )
“He was a leader who exemplified courage, a sense of purpose, vision.”
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Recorded in: NAPO saga: Peduase Lodge could've been our house but my father gave it to the state – Samia Nkrumah eulogises Kwame Nkrumah modernghana.com ( july12,2024 )
“We want to emulate in our lives, leaders across the board.”
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Recorded in: NAPO saga: Peduase Lodge could've been our house but my father gave it to the state – Samia Nkrumah eulogises Kwame Nkrumah modernghana.com ( july12,2024 )
“The time has come for us to consider these two different election systems.”
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Recorded in: Electoral system needs reforms - Samia Nkrumah graphic.com (Mar - 11 - 2024)
“It is important for us to look at how we can give marginalised groups a voice.”
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Recorded in: Electoral system needs reforms - Samia Nkrumah graphic.com (Mar - 11 - 2024)
“I pray the president does not sign it, or assent to it.”
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Recorded in: Anti-gay law is harsh and unjust; don’t sign it – Samia Nkrumah calls on Akufo-Addo pulse.com ( 8 march 2024)
“I believe it is a brutal, harsh, and unjust law, and we don’t need it.”
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Recorded in: Anti-gay law is harsh and unjust; don’t sign it – Samia Nkrumah calls on Akufo-Addo pulse.com ( 8 march 2024)
“We are against rape, pedophilia.”
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Recorded in: Anti-gay law is harsh and unjust; don’t sign it – Samia Nkrumah calls on Akufo-Addo pulse.com ( 8 march 2024)
“We need to educate ourselves.”
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Recorded in: Anti-gay law is harsh and unjust; don’t sign it – Samia Nkrumah calls on Akufo-Addo pulse.com ( 8 march 2024)
“I don’t support anything that brings division and torments the people of Ghana.”
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Recorded in: Anti-gay law is harsh and unjust; don’t sign it – Samia Nkrumah calls on Akufo-Addo pulse.com ( 8 march 2024)
“We are all Ghanaians, and we need to protect and take care of each other.”
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Recorded in: Anti-gay law is harsh and unjust; don’t sign it – Samia Nkrumah calls on Akufo-Addo pulse.com ( 8 march 2024)
“The greatest tragedy we could inflict on ourselves as Africans is to succumb to Afro-pessimism.”
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“My father believed that Africa does not have a problem that Africans cannot solve.”
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“We have the resources, both human and material, to lift our continent up.”
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“The only thing lacking is a core of patriotic and utterly selfless leaders.”
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“Ghana cannot go it alone.”
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“We needed help from wherever we can get it, but we have to start by doing things for ourselves first.”
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“It’s not enough to talk about it on the intellectual level or at conferences, but we have to live it.”
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Samia Nkrumah: push for unification, integration jamaicaobserver.com ( October 22, 2017)
“We must live it and become actors in many ways in our different professions.”
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Recorded in: Samia Nkrumah: push for unification, integration jamaicaobserver.com ( October 22, 2017)
“It is a hard road if you’re seeking genuine change.”
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Recorded in: Samia Nkrumah: push for unification, integration jamaicaobserver.com ( October 22, 2017)
“The challenges are big, but the greater the challenge the greater our love and appreciation for what we are doing.”
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Recorded in: Samia Nkrumah: push for unification, integration jamaicaobserver.com ( October 22, 2017)