All George Ayittey Quotes
- Africa is poor because she is not free. Africa
- The only good dictator is a dead one. Dead
- Radio is the death and life of Africa. Africa
- The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.' Across
- The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts. Africa
- There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came. Africa
- Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny. African
- What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt. Africa
- Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa. Africa
- Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups. Africa
- When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself. Bought
- 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… All
- Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum. Africa
- The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is… Africa
- African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia. African
- Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent. Africa
- Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating. Africa
- Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled. Dictator
- Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal. Africa
- 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. Accord
- In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective. Africa
- In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and… Albeit
- You have to separate the humanitarian impulse from the record of aid itself. We all want to help. Many people would say that it's the… Aid
- Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore. Africa
- If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back. Africa