was still in a "1960s-era mentality". Ayittey saw in that little difference between the currently-ruling "new generation of African leaders" and their predecessors dating from the 1960s. Other uses The notion of a "new generation of African leaders" has also come to mean not only the above named presidents, but also a vision of a new breed of African politicians, civil servants, business leaders etc. The similar term "new generation of black leaders" is also used, albeit mostly in the context of diasporan Africa. See also Big man (political science) Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration Africa Rising Neopatrimonialism Politics of the Belly References "New-Breed" Leadership, Conflict, and Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Sociopolitical Biography of Uganda's Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Joseph Oloka-Onyango, Africa Today - Volume 50, Number 3, Spring 2004, p. 29 Irrational Exuberance: The Clinton Administration in Africa, Peter Rosenblum, Current History 101:195-202, 2002 (subscription required) External links "Africa's 'new generation' linked to old", ethiomedia.com February 20, 2006 "Africa's Game of Follow the Leader", Time Magazine, November 26, 2005 Politics of Africa Presidency of Bill Clinton Presidency of George W. Bush 1980s in Africa 1980s in politics 1990s in Africa 1990s in politics 2000s in Africa 2000s in politics