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“We cannot allow Africa to unite, control its own resources or develop” Kwame Nkrumah challenged this, and exposed how imperialism continued after independence, and he was violently overthrown by a coup sponsored by the usual suspects. Today, some misguided Africans are asking, “why should we continue to blame the...

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