Zitat des Tages von George Ayittey:
Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend. But the evidence doesn't show that, and the main criticism is that they are building infrastructure in exchange for Africa's resources in deals that are structured to favor China.
The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.
Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
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 nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them.
Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
Radio is the death and life of Africa.
Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.
The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.
Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
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.
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.
