The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
— Kwame Nkrumah Modern

First president of Ghana

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Book: Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism

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1965

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Controversial

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https://books.google.com/books?id=R5LRAQAAIAAJ

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