Postcolonial leadership between the sovereign and the beast

There is a crisis in leadership throughout the world, but the focus of this article will be on the crisis in postcolonial Africa. How is this crisis constructed within the politics of the global village? The leadership crisis in Africa is often portrayed by Western-influenced media as leaders being...

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Main Author: Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. [2017]
In: Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2017, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-9
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBA Western Europe
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Deconstruction
B Leadership
B Decolonial
B Postcolonial
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