This book is a timely guide on what constitutes effective leadership in Africa. It explores how today's leaders in Africa perceive their role, the challenges they experience, and how they operate effectively as leaders. In the era of globalization, there is an increasing need to offer guidance on how leaders can adjust their leadership style to suit situational contexts. Drawing on case study and survey data, this book illustrates to scholars and leaders worldwide the vision of leadership that is emerging in Africa. It will contribute to the development of a new community of global leaders, integrating cutting-edge knowledge on leadership development in Africa.

Eva Jordans has been an executive company director, a professional consultant, and a management trainer in both the public and private sectors. She has over 25 years of experience supporting leadership and institutional development in Asia, Africa and Europe. She has a track record in international project management, global leadership development and executive directorship. She currently works as an independent management consultant supporting development programs across Africa and Asia. Dr. Bettina Ng 'weno is Associate Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of California, Davis, USA. Trained as an anthropologist she works on issues of space, property, race and ethnicity, social justice, citizenship and states within Latin America and Africa. She authored the book Turf Wars: Territory and Citizenship in the Contemporary State (2007) and is currently the co-director of the Mellon research initiative Reimagining Indian Ocean Worlds. Dr. Helen Spencer-Oatey is Professor at the University of Warwick, UK. She works on issues of communicating and relating across social groups. Her books, both monographs and edited collections, include Culturally Speaking (2000/2008); Handbook of Intercultural Communication (2008, with Helga Kotthoff); Intercultural Interaction (2009, with Peter Franklin); and Intercultural Politeness (forthcoming, with Daniel Kádár).