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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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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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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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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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George Ayittey

George Ayittey
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Born: 1945 (age 76)
Bio: George Ayittey is a Ghanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC. He is a professor at American University, and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Known for:
  1. Africa betrayed (1992)
  2. Africa in Chaos: A Comparative History (1997)
  3. Indigenous African institutions (1991)

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