Tag Archives: George Ayittey

Ethiopia: Liberating a “Prison Nation”

April 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Alemayehu G Mariam Ethiopia today is a “prison of nations and nationalities with the Oromo being one of the prisoners”, proclaimed the recently issued Declaration of the Congress of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF). This open-air prison is administered through … read more »

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Africa’s Woes Triggered By Power-Hungry Presidents

March 27, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Tapiwa Kapurura, zimeye.org This piece is meant to corroborate Professor George Ayittey’s recent contribution on the problems bedeviling Africa. My thesis excavates the point that Africa has everything to re-establish herself as a dignified and self-sustaining continent but has been … read more »

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Ethiopia: The Irresponsibility of the Privileged? By Alemayehu G. Mariam

January 21, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Recently, Naom Chomsky, MIT Professor of Linguistics and arguably America’s foremost public intellectual, gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the social (ir)responsibility of American academics and intellectuals. Chomsky, 84, has been raising hell for over four decades, getting into … read more »

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Ethiopia 2013: Year of the Cheetah Generation By Alemayehu G. Mariam

January 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

“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. They are dynamic, intellectually agile, and pragmatic. They may be … read more »

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The Other Kinds of Children Killers

December 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Belayneh Abate The massacre of elementary school children in the United States of America on December 14, 2012 is one of the horrifying news I ever heard in my life. We adults kill each other because we are filled … read more »

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No Spring in West Africa

February 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

African awakenings have been sporadic, with short-lived moments of intensity followed by exhaustion. But there has to be a starting point and now many people know that ‘We can’. Occupy Nigeria has come and gone. Senegal’s week of mass protests … read more »

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The Chino-African Dictators Corporation Headquarter By Belayneh Abate

February 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The news about the new china’s building in Addis Ababa has inundated the African News Media. According to some news reports [1, 2], the current chairman of African tyrants expressed: “this building is the reflection of the new Africa, and … read more »

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An “African Spring” in 2012?

January 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Alemayehu G Mariam Waiting for the Dawn of “Africa’s Spring” in 2012? How about an “Ethiopian Tsedey” in 2012? In 2011, we witnessed the “Winter of Arab” discontent made glorious by an “Arab Spring” followed by an increasingly hot … read more »

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Ghana : George Ayittey’s War on African Dictatorships

June 13, 2011 by benim

George Ayittey, the distinguished Ghanaian economist, and arguably one of the “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” (a person of ideas who stands for things far larger than one’s academic discipline) worldwide who “are shaping the tenor of our time” has been … read more »

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