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George Ayittey

Ghanaian

1945

Economist

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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 much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.

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