Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface 1. The Case for African Leadership Studies and Leadership in Colonial Africa: an Introduction; Baba G. Jallow 2. Chiefs and Protectorate Administration in Colonial Gambia, 1894 – 1965; Hassoum Ceesay 3. Linking Anti-colonialism and Human Rights: The Activism and Advocacy of Nnamdi Azikiwe; Bonny Ibhawoh 4. The Diplomatic Achievements of Amilcar Cabral: A Case Study of Effective Leadership in a Small African State; David Fistein 5. The Warrior and the Wizard: The Leadership Legacies of Josiah Tongogara and Robert Mugabe during Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle; Nyasha M. GuramatunhuCooper 6. Voortrekker or State-Builder? John Vorster and the Challenges of Leadership in the Apartheid State; Jamie Miller 7. Leadership and Liberation: Southern African reflections; Chris Saunders 8. W. E. B. Du Bois: Pan-African Leadership for Democracy and Peace; Phillip Luke Sinitiere
Baba G. Jallow -- Chiefs and protectorate administration in colonial Gambia, 1894-1965 / Hassoum Ceesay -- Linking anti-colonialism and human rights : the activism and advocacy of Nnamdi Azikiwe / Bonny Ibhawoh -- The diplomatic achievements of Amilcar Cabral : a case study of effective leadership in a small African state / David Fistein -- The warrior and the wizard : the leadership legacies of Josiah Tongogara and Robert Mugabe during Zimbabwe's liberation struggle / Nyasha M. GuramatunhuCooper -- Voortrekker or state-builder? John Vorster and the challenges of leadership in the apartheid state / Jamie Miller -- Leadership and liberation : southern African reflections / Chris Saunders -- W. E. B. Du Bois : Pan-African leadership for democracy and peace / Phillip Luke Sinitiere.

Taken together, the chapters in this book represent a tapestry of leadership frameworks and cultures in colonial Africa. Scholars across disciplines explore the nature and evolution of leadership born of the colonial encounter between white colonialists and native Africans as well as the leadership that ultimately led to independence. Leadership in Colonial Africa highlights colonial disruptions of traditional leadership patterns in Africa and how African leaders, traditional and nationalist, reacted to these disruptions. Jallow examines the emergence of modern leadership cultures in Africa and argues that leadership studies theory may usefully be deployed in the study of African leadership