Quotes from George Ayittey

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

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

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

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

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.

In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

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