Political Leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Giants to Dwarfs
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Political Science Review
- Vol. 9 (2) , 95-106
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019251218800900202
Abstract
National liberation struggles and the subsequent activity of nation-building have dominated the political development of sub-Saharan African states. However, only the former process has produced first-rate political leaders, amongst whom Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré are the best examples. In the nation-building stage, leaders most often failed, in terms both of low effectiveness and instability of office-holders. Reasons for this failure can be seen partly in the distinction between the sharply focused objective of national independence and the vagueness of the concept of post-independence development.Keywords
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