Leadership in Postcolonial Africa Trends Transformed by Independence

by Jallow, Baba G.

• ISBN13: 9781137478115
• ISBN10: 113747811X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-12-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

While the great majority of the first generation of independent African leaders failed to effectively adapt to the challenges of new nation state-hood, their failure often served as an impetus for the emergence of good leadership. Postcolonial Africa has also seen the rise of powerful female leaders - political and civic - as well as the rise of religious leadership to fill the void left by state failure.

Leadership in Postcolonial Africa offers insightful studies of Africa's first female presidents, gangster elitism, Nelson Mandela, and beyond. These wide-ranging perspectives look to provide a greater understanding of leadership in postcolonial Africa and the implications for modern management and business practice.

Author Biography

Baba Jallow is Assistant Professor of African history and director of the African Studies Program at Creighton University, Omaha. He belongs to the African Studies Association, the International Leadership Association, and the Peace History Society, among other professional bodies. Jallow has been published in the Journal of Religion and Society and Journal of Critical Southern Studies.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter One: Leadership in Post-Colonial Africa: An Introduction - Baba G. Jallow
Chapter Two: Hastings Kamuzu Banda: How the Cold War sustained bad leadership in Malawi, 1964 – 1994 - Paul Chiudza Banda
Chapter Three: Ahmed Sékou Touré: The tyrant hero – Muhammed Kamil
Chapter Four: The Quest to Reform the African State: The Case of William R. Tolbert Jr. of Liberia and Jerry Rawlings of Ghana – Maavi Norman
Chapter Five: 'The Bishop is Governor Here': Bishop Nicholas Djomo and Catholic Leadership in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Jay Carney
Chapter Six: 'I will be a humming bird': Radical leadership lessons from Professor Wangari Maathai - Faith Ngunjiri
Chapter Seven: Nelson Mandela: Leadership and Reconciliation in South Africa - Daniel Lieberfeld
Chapter Eight: Power Distance, Patriarchy and the Cult of Liberia's First Female President - Robtel Pailey
Chapter Nine: Female Presidents in Africa: New Norms in Leadership or Reflection of Current Practice - Dorcas Ettang
Chapter Ten: Leading Through a Medicinal Plant: African Women's 'Transforming Servant Leadership' in Portland, Oregon – Evelyne Ello Hart
Chapter Eleven: From Election to Selection: Democracy, Leadership and Development in Nigeria - Edlyne E. Anugwom
Chapter Twelve: Academic leadership in Africa - Joseph Ayee