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Mugabe's become a disgrace to...

Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Dictators cause the world’s w...

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 plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Virtually all of Africa's civ...

Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Africa's salvation doesn't li...

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Dictators cause the world's w...

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 plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Getting rid of the dictator i...

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Look at the history of peace ...

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.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

What you and I understand as ...

What you and I understand as a government doesn't exist in many African countries. In fact, what we call our governments are vampire states. Vampires because they suck the economic vitality out of their people. Government is the problem in Africa.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Personally, I regard myself a...

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

When Uganda got debt relief i...

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

African history is filled wit...

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Western-style multi-party dem...

Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

The reason why Botswana has d...

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.

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The solutions to Africa's pro...

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Unlike their Western counterp...

Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them.

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The 'Cheetah Generation' refe...

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

Hippos kill more people in Af...

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

There's a belief that since A...

There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

In the West, the basic econom...

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

There was free trade in Afric...

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.

George Ayittey 31 quotes

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