George Ayittey Quotes - Page 2

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• Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.

  George Ayittey

  Motivation, Inspiration, Feds

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• To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism, and mass slaughter. However, a force is able to dominate because the counterforce is either nonexistent or weak.

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  Evil, Genius, Able

  George B.N. Ayittey (2011). “Defeating Dictators: Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World”, p.8, St. Martin's Press

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

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  Animal, People, Hippo

  "Obama’s Victory Shames Africa" by George Ayittey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2009.

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

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  Jubilation, Election, Barack

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

  George Ayittey

  Uganda, Presidential, Relief

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

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• In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

  George Ayittey

  People, Republic, Might

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