George Ayittey Quotes
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.
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.
Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.
The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.
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.
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
