George Ayittey Quotes
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Africa is poor because she is not free.
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The only good dictator is a dead one.
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Radio is the death and life of Africa.
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The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'
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The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.
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There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.
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Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.
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What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.
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Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
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Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
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When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
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Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked…
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Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
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The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is…
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African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
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Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
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Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.
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Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.
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Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
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Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.
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