{"product_id":"9781067228828","title":"Purposeful Leadership For Africa In The 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeaders of the African liberation movements proclaimed ambitious objectives and promised swift dismantling of colonial policies and practices. It was believed that poverty and underdevelopment were consequences of the exploitative policies of the colonial masters, who had no interest in improving living conditions for local  communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndependence and freedom were anticipated to eradicate poverty, ignorance and  disease, and the new leadership would accelerate economic development and  prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, after more than 50 years of independence, most African countries are still poor and underdeveloped and this poses a few questions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave African leaders abandoned their ambitions?\u003cbr\u003eAre African challenges more complex than in other regions?\u003cbr\u003eHas the political leadership failed to rise to the challenge?\u003cbr\u003eIn his relentless pursuit of African excellence and development, Professor Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu offers profound insights and solutions to the challenges Africa has faced and continues to encounter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe wrestles with the vexing question of how a continent with such a rich history and heritage, as well as potential, remains an underperforming region of the world and offers insights into potential pathways and strategies for breaking free from the vicious cycle of underdevelopment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfrica can become the production house for the world in the second half of the 21st century provided intentional, purposeful leadership, emerges and this book covers leadership strategies, qualities and policies needed for an African renewal to reposition the continent as a strategic competitive global player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Lumkile+Wiseman+Nkuhlu\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381936668835,"sku":"9781067228828","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781067228828_53e43127-d5df-4dba-807b-8bc11fa83df0.jpg?v=1776519327","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781067228828","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}