Kwame Nkrumah — Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution [1968-01-01]

Panaf Books (UK) & International Publishers (US) | First US edition 1969 | 0717802264 | 122 pp.

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“Present-day imperialist & neocolonialist intervention”: “capitalism proceeded to introduce… external reforms designed to raise the extra money needed for the… welfare state at home” through “exploitation of the material & human resources of the colonial territories.” “Sham-independence” leaves “economic power under the control of international finance capital.” “Voice of America… pursuing its brainwashing mission” & “the paper war penetrates into every town & village.” Revolutionary warfare is “the key to African freedom,” requiring “an intelligent, egalitarian, critical & self-critical outlook” rather than “hierarchic, coercive & follow-like sheep relationships.” “Discipline comes from inner conviction”—“a freedom fighter who steals, loots, rapes or commits any other crime… endangers the whole revolutionary movement.” “Total liberation & unity of the African continent” is the aim.