You've probably heard or used a Gandhi quote before, whether it's a "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" or "An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind"  or even "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

But there are some quotes of the Indian Independence fighter that are not so famous, like this one from 1910;

“Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised – the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals."

'Kaffir' was a derogatory term used to describe blacks, something Gandhi liked to use every time he got the chance, over and over, often associating blacks with animals, or lesser creatures.

A petition was started in the University of Ghana to have the Gandhi statue sitting pretty on the school campus, removed.

The online petition calling for the removal is only two weeks old, but it has already garnered over 1300 signatures. The statue, which is only a few months old, was gifted to the university by the Indian embassy during India’s President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Ghana.

The Petitioners said the academic staff weren't consulted before the statue was installed.

Ela Gandhi, who is the Gandhi's daughter, told Al-Jazeera;

"While this was within the context of an application to retain the qualified voting rights that Indians had, today, when we look at it indeed we feel disgust.

We ask why should we be critical of others to establish our own stature. There can be no justification for that. In later life, that was one of the ideals Gandhi propagated in respect of caste, class and race."

The petition read;

We can do the honourable thing by pulling down the statue. It is better to stand up for our dignity than to kowtow to the wishes of a burgeoning Eurasian super-power.

Some argue that Gandhi's views changed before he was assassinated in 1948, but while that discussion of whether or not his views changed is happenings, Gandhi's statue will fall.