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I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference. Freddy Adu
Attitude Day Make Make A Difference Go Just Difference Want Right
I don't want to be one of those guys where I go there and wait a long time before I become a starter. Freddy Adu
Time Wait Long Long Time Become Before Those Guys Go Where Want Starter
When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative. Freddy Adu
You Game Creative Thinking Attacking Got Get Gonna Third
I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man. Freddy Adu
Life Man Better Better Life Mean Ask
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. George Ayittey
Hero Become Back Despot Say Liberation Must He Looked Him Himself Because Am Lot Up Disgrace Africa African Turned Us Now
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. George Ayittey
Angry Generation Problems Perspective Young Totally New Look Issues Graduates African Different Who Unique Professionals
What you and I understand as a government doesn't exist in many African countries. In fact, what we call our governments are vampire states. Vampires because they suck the economic vitality out of their people. Government is the problem in Africa. George Ayittey
Government You People Problem Our States Out Vampire Vampires Vitality Economic Fact Countries Call Because Understand Exist Governments Africa African In Fact Suck Many
The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions. George Ayittey
Black Country Own Back Indigenous Only Institutions Well Because Built Very Done African Which Roots Reason Why
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came. George Ayittey
Free Before Enterprise Free Enterprise Free Trade Trade Came Africa
Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault. George Ayittey
Time Leadership Fault Sense Gone Claims Something Mentality Never Wrong Period Call Time And Time Lot Any Africa Again Across Things Orthodoxy
African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia. George Ayittey
History People Power Way Somalia Factions Like Shooting African Experiences Then Filled
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent. George Ayittey
Other Per More Continent Dictators Than Any Africa
Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating. George Ayittey
Lie Aid Humiliating Find More Very Begging Salvation Africa African
The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts. George Ayittey
Lie Problems Live Aid Solutions Concerts Africa
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. George Ayittey
Best Criticism Building Resources Evidence Favor Must Best Friend Structured Colonial Exchange Main Raw Since Deal Deals Got West Friend Africa China Chinese Infrastructure Then Show Belief
Radio is the death and life of Africa. George Ayittey
Life Death Africa Radio
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. George Ayittey
Strong Seriously Will Unlike Sun Evoke Rising Steal Cast Take Attempt Misguided Counterparts Hot Votes Hours Reaction Line Ballots Western Queue Up Very Any Patiently African Them Elections Early
Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy. George Ayittey
Democracy Voting Understanding Group Take Because Does Essence Just Just Because Decisions Mean
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups. George Ayittey
Virtually Civil Civil Wars Excluded Were Politically Africa Wars Groups Marginalized Started
Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization. John Agyekum Kufuor
Education Will Higher Education Higher Take Mainstream Particularly Globalization Africa
Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living. John Agyekum Kufuor
Live Living Resort Never Simply Make Dubious Foreign Get Again Lands Should Means
Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population. John Agyekum Kufuor
People Country Settled Despondency Sections Though Ours Room Poor Poor People Should Large Even Population Now
There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age. John Agyekum Kufuor
Dreams Age Suffering Old Country Nation Before Old Age Enough Our Has-Been Having Indignity Forced Been Die Children Elders Who Grow Whose Served Chance
I am still a socialist. I am a left-of-center politician. I believe that in Africa, if you see the poverty around us, you can't afford to be anything else. John Dramani Mahama
You Poverty Politician Believe Else See Around Am Still Afford Africa Anything Anything Else Us Socialist
The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country. Kofi Annan
You Fight Independence Power Country Run Colonial Same Gain Skills Necessarily Need
As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them. Kofi Annan
Try Problems Will Long Other Inequality Plague Social Them Exploit Us Social Problems
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