THE CONTEXT OF LEADERSHIP ACCORDING TO THE AFRICAN LEADERS

Most of the African countries got their sovereignty from the colonialists after 1960s, but, unfortunately, there is no single African country led by a good leader. The African leaders abstain for the implement of good governance, steadfast ruling, and power sharing as well as considering the thoughts of the opposing parts. Instead of that, they tempted their supporters and deluded the youths by false promises and revamp. The notorious character of African leaders is the reprisal of opposition leaders and social activists, who criticize their way of ruling, and always preempt the society from integration, harmony, and pluralism.

The African leaders presumed that they are not subjected to the law, whilst in the constitution of every country elucidate and enlightens that “No one is above the law”. From janitor to the president of the nation every person should be under the law. The African leaders make their families feel as they are in Elysium while others are starving in an emaciated condition without feeling embarrassment and touring every month for tourism. They use the most expensive luxury cars, buy real states outside of their countries, invest foreign countries, and visit the most expensive hospitals for checking only while their people are lacking for primary health care and sometimes take the pregnant mother to stride hours or days to the nearest clinic. All kinds of corruption and mismanagement plagued through the divisions, regions, and states.

The consequences of practicing the bad governance caused the immigration of thousands of African youths, those who put their lives at risk as they go on vehicles from their countries crossing the largest African Sahara and the harshest place on earth. Most of the migrants lost their lives on the hazardous trip and those who survive will not survive the hands of the Libyan smugglers. The youths decide the migration of perilous journeys through several countries before their embarking on a boat from Libya to Europe, while all these types of journey begin with hope, but often end with despair and anguish.

Almost threshold of the immigrants capsized every year with the odyssey trip expecting a new life in Europe, and green pasture in the future.  The reasons behind of the unsound decision on immigration are all means of corruption existing in their countries, where only one group of same ideologies rules the country; they are the executors, judges and lawmakers. This group can detain you, arrest you and keep you in prison without a court for years. In the contemporary world, leadership is the kind of influencing people, inspiring and motivating them to engage with appropriate visions. In short, leaders bring people together and do the things they want, whilst leader is someone who leads others and advocates for positive change with clear future visions. It’s is not the phenomena of creating disputes, rivalries and grudges among the people for the sake of personal gains.

The antidote needed to treat the African leaders is not yet produced; that is why they do the evil deeds and lives with impunity, that is why they decide the decisions they dreamt and the people can’t dare to demonstrate freely, and that is why they enforce the promulgation of new constitution without endorsement of the people and opposing leaders.

This epilogue is intended to enlighten to the presidents and state officers of the African continent to give up the context of “one man’s rule” by implementing the decentralization system, practicing of affirmative action and giving opportunities to the members or oppositions that have not been treated fairly in the past and this is the fundamental of the good governance.

Elmi H Samatar
samatar2020@hotmail.com