Development Communication and Leadership in Africa

Development Communication and Leadership in Africa serves as a standard textbook, a reference guide, a repository, and a resource platform for graduate and undergraduate students in colleges and universities where relevant discussions on development are held. The purpose of this textbook is not to discount the continued negative effects of imperialism and neo-colonialism, but to readily understand that for Africa to reverse the pendulum of underdevelopment, there is an urgent need for leaders to take responsibility for their actions. From the understanding of the arguments presented in this textbook, the development of Africa should be futuristic in nature and must address issues that affect the people from the grassroots level, sensitize citizens as to what development means, reduce poverty, and increase healthy living and affordable healthcare platforms along with nutrition, career opportunities, jobs, and most importantly, education and income-earning opportunities for every citizen. This textbook, in its twenty chapters, frowns on poor leadership in the fifty-four countries of Africa and enthusiastically calls for the development of an authentic ideology that is pragmatic in outlook, and will assist both leaders and ordinary citizens to further development agendas that would consolidate Africa's freedom and independence. This ideology must address challenges such as the connection between poor leadership and underdevelopment, class identity, peace and insecurity, corruption and poor governance, income inequality, impoverishment, and the lack of patriotism. As a result of not completing all these prerequisites for development, Africa has continued to fail the test of the comity of nations. This textbook addresses relevant issues that call for every citizen in Africa to rise to the occasion and foster a social identity that will create a common social enclave where Africans not only belong, but also participate with its diverse entity as a formidable characteristic for its development.