The Leadership Question And African Political Development In The 21st Century And Beyond: A Critical Assessment

ABSTRACT
More than 50 years after the colonial domination of Africa, the continent still
remains embroiled in political confusion, economic quagmire and stifled growth.
There are those who blame the situation on the long-term effects of colonial rule.
However, of recent, there has been a shift in focus to the leadership question in
the post-colonial Africa. Clearly, Africa has been seen to be backward in terms of
development because she has not been fortunate in getting the right leaders. In
this work, therefore, we set out to assess the leadership effect(s) in Africa’s
political development with a view to logically justifying the claim of Africa’s
development with prospect of what can or may be done to improve the
downward spiral in the 21st century and beyond. As a contribution to knowledge,
the work recommends that Africa should go back to her pre-colonial past to adopt
some valuable lessons. Speculative and analytical approaches are employed here
and our major sources are library materials.