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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.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Allergic Blood Cannot Change Cunning Dictators Ends Hands How How Much Master Matter Much Power Preserve Reform Survivors Takes Talented Trusted Up Wealth Whatever Who Will

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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

Topics: African Experiences Factions Filled History Like People Power Shooting Somalia Then Way

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

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Against Intellectual Kicking Landed Myself Old Paradigm Personally Rebel Regard Which

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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.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Albeit Banana For The People Might Now Now And Then Peel People Republic Slip Then Things Work

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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

Topics: Africa African Am Back Because Become Despot Disgrace He Hero Him Himself Liberation Looked Lot Must Now Say Turned Up Us I Am 1980S

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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.

~George Ayittey

Topics: African Back Because Black Built Country Done Indigenous Institutions Only Own Reason Roots Very Well Which Why

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

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Before Came Enterprise Free Free Enterprise Free Trade Trade

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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 Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Across Africa Again Any Call Claims Fault Gone Leadership Lot Mentality Never Orthodoxy Period Sense Something Things Time Time And Time Wrong

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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

Topics: Africa Before Dry Even History Ink Look Peace Record Terrible The History Of Them

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If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Along Back Crisis Darfur Goes Just Leaders Nato Next Sit Will

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Biography

Nationality: Ghanaian

Type: Economist

Born: Unknown

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