George ayittey

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

Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to...

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

Radio is the death and life of Africa.

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.