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

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 mu….

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

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny..

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

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems….

The only good dictator is a dead one..

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

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

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 sho….

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 wr….

Africa is poor because she is not free..

Radio is the death and life of Africa..

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal..

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

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia..

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

Socialism is always wrong..

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

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 o….

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….