All George Ayittey Quotes
- 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
- Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in… Across
- Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how… Allergic
- Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and… African
- Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy. Decisions