Quote of the day
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.
George Ayittey
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:
- Africa betrayed (1992)
- Africa in Chaos: A Comparative History (1997)
- Indigenous African institutions (1991)