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Leading an African Renaissance

Opportunities and Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Kathleen Patterson

    1. School of Global Leadership, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA

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  2. Bruce Winston

    1. School of Business and Leadership, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA

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  • Offers a broad treatment of leadership across Africa not limited to particular countries or themes
  • Presents rigorous research and personal experiences from African-born scholars and contributors
  • Uniquely combines both historical and contemporary issues from a theoretical and practical lens

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership (PSAL)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Perspectives in Societal Movements: Change, Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Fortunes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Converting Cattell’s Syntality to Change Leadership in Africa

      • Boniface Toulassi
      Pages 3-19

    3. African Leadership as Jitegemea: A Model for Sustainability

      • Valerie Arguello
      Pages 21-36

    4. Entrepreneurship: Unlocking Africa’s Riches

      • Jeremiah Koshal
      Pages 37-60

  3. Perspectives of Crisis: Corruption, Ebola, and Exploitive Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Leading the Way in Battling Corruption

      • James D. Rose
      Pages 63-74

    3. Renaissance Disclosed: African Leadership in the Ebola Crisis of 2014

      • Jeff R. Hale
      Pages 75-98

    4. Three-dimensional African Leadership: Rediscovering Powerful Leadership for the Community

      • Timothy A. Brubaker
      Pages 99-112

  4. Perspectives in Moving Forward: Holistic Leadership, Hope, Elders and Stories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Accelerating Africa’s Renaissance Using Contextual Holistic Leadership Development

      • Timothy Mwangi Kiruhi
      Pages 115-132

    3. African Leadership Insights: The Role of Hope, Self-efficacy and Motivation to Lead

      • Karen Cerff
      Pages 133-154

    4. Elders Against the State: The Case of Gisu Clan Elders Reclaiming a Coffee Cooperative

      • Phillip A. Shero
      Pages 155-172

    5. Developing African Leaders with Storycentric Methods

      • Rick Sessoms
      Pages 173-184

    6. The Stage Is Set for African Renaissance

      • Bruce E. Winston
      Pages 185-187

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 189-198
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About this book

This book looks at the challenges and possibilities facing leadership in Africa today by providing a rich history of the continent, the complexities the continent has experienced, and the great hope and encouragement that remains. It explores what African leadership is and the possible effects it has on leaders, followers, and organizations across the continent. While some maintain that leadership of and within Africa presents too many challenges, this book argues that Africa is ripe with potential and on the verge of an African Renaissance. This book looks beyond socioeconomic factors to explore different perspectives of leadership such as holistic, transformational, and servant leadership, as well as values and ethics.


Taking a philosophical and pragmatic approach, this edited collection provides insight from African-born leadership scholars to deliver a first-hand account of the challenges the continent faces. Their unique experiences and immersion in the African world pave the way for a revival of leadership through a lens of history, tradition, economics, societal, and leadership perspectives.








Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Global Leadership, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA

    Kathleen Patterson

  • School of Business and Leadership, Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA

    Bruce Winston

About the editors

Kathleen Patterson is Director of the Strategic Leadership program at Regent University, USA. She is an expert on servant leadership and coordinates annual Servant Leadership Research Roundtables and Global Servant Leadership Roundtables in the Netherlands, Australia, and Iceland. 


Bruce Winston is Professor and Director of the PhD in Organizational Leadership program at Regent University, USA and has served as Dean of the School of Business and Leadership, growing the school in programs and publications. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Winston led organizations in the commercial printing industry.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leading an African Renaissance

  • Book Subtitle: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Editors: Kathleen Patterson, Bruce Winston

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40539-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40538-4Published: 04 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82126-9Published: 20 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40539-1Published: 26 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2945-6673

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-6681

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Emerging Markets/Globalization, African History

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