15 George Ayittey Quotes about Africa

George Ayittey
” 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. “


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


” 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. “


” 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. “


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


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


” Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent. “


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


” The solutions to Africa’s problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts. “


” 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. “


” What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt. “


” Radio is the death and life of Africa. “


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


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


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


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.
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.
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
Africa
The solutions to Africa
There
What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.
Radio is the death and life of Africa.
Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
Virtually all of Africa
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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