(PDF) Leadership in Africa: Rethinking development
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Running head: LEADERSHIP IN AFRICALeadership in AfricaName of the studentUniversity nameAuthor’s note
1LEADERSHIP IN AFRICATable of ContentsBackground................................................................................................................................2Challenges of leadership in Africa.............................................................................................2Differences between traditional and modern leadership............................................................4Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5References..................................................................................................................................6
2LEADERSHIP IN AFRICABackground The current assignment focuses on the challenges of leadership faced in the Africansub-continent. The lack of effective leadership in Africa leads to a situation of politicalunrest. The region has far too many tropical gangsters who do not take into considerationsound policy advice (Johnson, 2015). The leadership crisis could be explained on the basis ofthe democratic transitions in Africa. The political conflicts could also be attributed to thepresence of a number of multiethnic societies of Africa. As commented by Fourie, van derMerwe & Van Der Merwe (2017), constant conflicts within the ethical values of themultiethnic societies leads to the situation of political unrest in Africa. The elections in Africaare subjected to international accountability (Obadare & Adebanwi, 2016). The economicsusceptibility of the continent subjects it to greater amount of international assistance. Asargue by Johnson (2015), the misbalance in political powers makes the situation even worse.Africa inspite of its diverse resources kept on crumpling under the pressure of leaderlessadversities. The African leaders have caused the continent to lose $ 1.4 trillion from 1980 to2010 (Fourie et al., 2017). The years added together, the economic losses are huge. Thetyrannical leadership of Africa supports the emergence of social misfits which causesoppression of the freedom of the inhabitants of the continent. Challenges of leadership in Africa There are a number of leadership challenges which are eminent in the African sub-continent, which have been discussed in more details in the following sections. In thisrespect, the over politization of the Nigerian state could be explained on the basis ofuncontrolled struggle for power, patronage and influence. There was the uprise of a localpolitical group without commitment to social well being. The dearths of policies that havenationalistic importance have led to the political unrest within the country (Obadare &
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