""You can say crap about Africa and you know there will be no response. I have taken it upon myself that, as long as I live, I will review what has been written about Africa and respond.""

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“A development state is a state "whose ideological underpinnings are developmental and one that seriously attempts to deploy its administrative and political resources to the task of economic development."”

“"I am very interested in the development of nations. I am African so I don’t have a choice."”

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“"To 'catch up' Africa must run while others walk and so must be prepared to think and act radically to meet the collective needs of the continent."”

“"The aspirations driving development in Africa are not foreign impositions"”

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