George Ayittey Quotes

• The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

  George Ayittey

  Lying, Problem, Aids

  "Expert: Africa Needs More than Foreign Aid". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 6, 2005.

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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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  Blood, Hands, Reform

  "George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator". Interview with Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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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.

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  Government, Want, Rich

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• La "Generación Chita" se refiere a la nueva y furiosa generación de jóvenes licenciados y profesionales africanos, que contemplan las cuestiones y problemas africanos desde una perspectiva totalmente distinta y única.

  George Ayittey

  Unique, Issues, Perspective

  George B.N. Ayittey (2011). “Defeating Dictators: Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World”, p.209, St. Martin's Press

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• Africa is poor because she is not free.

  George Ayittey

  Libertarian, Poor

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

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  Enterprise, Trade, Free Trade

  "Wide Angle" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.

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• Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

  George Ayittey

  Hate, Government, Tyranny

  "Africa's cheetahs versus hippos". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2007.

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• Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

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  Firsts, Steps, Dictator

  "George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator". Interview with Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• 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.

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  Chinese, Criticism, Favors

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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.

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  People, Shooting, Way

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• You have to separate the humanitarian impulse from the record of aid itself. We all want to help. Many people would say that it's the moral impulse of the rich to help the poor, but the record of aid has been terrible.

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  People, Records, Want

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

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  Needs, Debt, Grows

  "African Debt". "PBS NewsHour" with Ray Suarez, www.pbs.org. June 12, 2005.

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• Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.

  George Ayittey

  War, Groups, Excluded

  "Why Western-style democracy is not suitable for Africa" by George Ayittey, www.cnn.com. August 20, 2010.

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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.

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  Gone, Orthodoxy, Faults

  "Border Jumpers". Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. July 24, 2005.

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

  George Ayittey

  Party, Style, Democracy

  "Why Western-style democracy is not suitable for Africa" by George Ayittey, www.cnn.com. August 20, 2010.

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• La salvación de África no pasa por mendigar y mendigar más ayuda, y como africano me parece muy, muy humillante.

  George Ayittey

  Lying, Aids, Salvation

  "Expert: Africa Needs More than Foreign Aid". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 6, 2005.

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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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  West, Economic, Individual

  "Why Western-style democracy is not suitable for Africa" by George Ayittey, www.cnn.com. August 20, 2010.

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• The only good dictator is a dead one.

  George Ayittey

  Dictador

  George B.N. Ayittey (2011). “Defeating Dictators: Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World”, p.193, St. Martin's Press

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• Dictators cause the world’s worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

  George Ayittey

  Leaving, Vapid, Naked

  "George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator". Interview with Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• Socialism is always wrong.

  George Ayittey

  Socialism, Always Wrong

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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.

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  Intellectual, Colonialism, Rebel

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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

  Ink, Looks, Records

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• Radio is the death and life of Africa.

  George Ayittey

  Life And Death, Radio

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• Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

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  Dictator, Continents

  "George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator". Interview with Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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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

  Leader, Next, Crisis

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