This volume advances the discussions of leadership in Africa's specific history, culture, economy, and politics. The book promotes an understanding of leadership and its paradoxes and illuminates the conditions under which political leadership has been produced, and how those conditions have shaped leaders.

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Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Head, Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa, South Africa
Olúf?e??mi Táíwò, Professor, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, USA
Samuel Zalanga, Professor of Sociology, Bethel University, USA
Warris Vianni, Independent Scholar, Kenya
Basile Ndjio, Professor of Social Anthropology, African Studies Center, University of Douala, Cameroon
Enocent Msindo, Associate Professor of History, Rhodes University, South Africa
Ibrahim Gambari, Chairman and Founder, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, Nigeria
William Reno, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA
Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Washington M. Wingate Professor of Religion, Wake Forrest University, USA
Okechukwu C. Iheduru, Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University, USA
Gbemisola A. Animasawun, Lecturer at Center for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria