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George Ayittey’s War on African Dictatorships

Alemayehu G. Mariam

George AyitteyGeorge 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

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Ethiopia: Speaking Truth to the Truth-Seekers

Alemayehu G. Mariam

This is my third commentary on the theme, “Where do we go from here?”, following the rigged elections in Ethiopia last month.[1] In this piece, I urge Ethiopian intellectuals to exchange their armchairs for the public benches

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