The Free Africa Foundation is a Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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-based think tank

Think tank

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 headed by economist George Ayittey

George Ayittey

George Ayittey is a Ghanaian economist, author and president of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC. He is a professor at American University, and an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute...

 which criticizes corruption, oppression, and mismanagement in African governments, and advocates for democratic reform. Its board includes Makaziwe Mandela

Makaziwe Mandela

Makaziwe Mandela , known as Maki, is the daughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Ntoko Mase. She was named after her older sister, born in 1947, who died aged just nine months...

 and Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond is a leading contemporary scholar in the field of democracy studies. He is presently a professor of Sociology and Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative policy think tank...

. Ayittey founded The Free Africa Foundation in 1993, to serve as a catalyst for reform in Africa.

The Foundation's website includes the Cato Institute

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, Earhart Foundation

Earhart Foundation

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, John M. Olin Foundation

John M. Olin Foundation

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 and Foreign Policy Research Institute

Foreign Policy Research Institute

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among its donors and sponsors.

External links

• Free Africa Foundation official website