African Leadership: Powerful Paradigms for the 21st Century

African Leadership is an edited collection enriched by the people who have lived and experienced indigenous leadership first-hand, demonstrating how African leadership is distinctive from usual Western hegemonic paradigms.

Providing an indepth discussion of the components, context, followers, and skills that contribute to the success of African leaders, African Leadership concludes with meaningful applications for 21st-century leaders globally.

Rob Elkington, PhD., is an Assistant Professor with Trent University, Faculty of Business. He is also the CEO and President of Global Leadership Initiatives. Rob also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Faculty of Education. In addition, Rob is a facilitator with the UOIT Management Development Centre and a Senior Lecturer with the Stellenbosch University School of Public Leadership.

Faith Wambura Ngunjiri is Associate Professor of Ethics & Leadership at Concordia College, USA.

Gloria J. Burgess, PhD., is Visiting Faculty in Transformational Leadership at University of Washington, Northwest University, University of Southern California, and IEDC - Bled School of Management. She is also CEO of Jazz International and Executive Director of The Lift Every Voice Foundation.

Xoliswa Majola, PhD, is a Senior Lecture at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Graduate School of Business and Leadership.

Erwin Schwella is the founding Dean of the newly established School of Social Innovation at Hugenote Kollege, South Africa. He is also a full Professor of Public Leadership at the Tilburg University Law School, Netherlands.

Nico de Klerk is a film archivist, film historian and Senior Researcher at Utrecht University, Netherlands.