Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
George Ayittey
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)