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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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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.
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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.
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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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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Born:
1945
Died:
January 28, 2022
(aged 77)
Bio:
George Ayittey was a Ghanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC. He was a professor at American University, and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Known for:
Africa betrayed (1992)
Africa in Chaos: A Comparative History (1997)
Indigenous African institutions (1991)
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