Explore Quotes by George Ayittey

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

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

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.

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

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

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

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

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

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

The only good dictator is a dead one.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

Radio is the death and life of Africa.

Africa is poor because she is not free.