The Question of Leadership in Africa: A Kantian Contribution
| dc.creator | Agbude, Godwyns .A., Olowookere, E. I., Godwyns-Agbude, Joy, Ovia, Ebikaboere | |
| dc.date | 2014 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-28T18:08:18Z | |
| dc.description | The leadership question has become one of the recurrent issues in African politics. It is a truism that everything rises and falls on leadership. Among several factors that have been adduced for the failure of post-colonial African states and governmental apparatuses is the concept of weak, corrupt and incompetent leadership experiment on the continent. It has been argued that if Africa gets its leadership right, the socio-eco political ambiance of the continent and its citizenry would benefit from it. Therefore, this paper engages the necessary theoretical underpinnings of leadership, opting for the concept of ethical leadership using Kant’s Categorical Imperative as a model for ethical values in the process of governance in the continent. This paper engages secondary sources of data in marshalling its point for ethical leadership based on the proposal of the German Philosopher. It argues that it would be a disservice to the continent if its intelligentsia underplay the central place of ethical values in its pursuit of an ideal form of leadership that is a prerequisite for national/continental development. From this paper, one can conclude that ethical leadership based on the Kantian paradigm is a necessity for development and true democracy in Africa | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/6603/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/36015 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Scottish Group of Education and Testing Services | |
| dc.subject | H Social Sciences (General) | |
| dc.title | The Question of Leadership in Africa: A Kantian Contribution | |
| dc.type | Article |
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