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Ravi Shastri has been claiming that Indian team was very successful under him, but he never told us that India lost ODI series to Bangladesh, lost ODI series to South Africa at home.

~Gautam Gambhir

Topics: Africa Bangladesh Been Claiming He Him Home India Indian Lost Never Series South South Africa Successful Team Us Very

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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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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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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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The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa African Educated Every Government Governors Heads Ministers Nothing Persons Politics Rich Richest State Straight Wanting Wants Who Wrong

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Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa Any Continent Dictators More Other Per Than

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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.

~George Ayittey

Topics: Africa African Aid Begging Find Humiliating Lie More Salvation Very

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