Leadership and Economic Development Challenges in Post-Colonial Africa: Creating Inclusive Economic Growth (Sustainable Development Goals Series)

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Background
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Insight into the African Underdevelopment
	1.3 Rational Theory of Leadership: Theoretical Identification in Africa Underdevelopment with Rationality of Reasoning by Rescher
Chapter 2: The African Pre-colonial Social, Political, and Economic Development
	2.1 Pre-colonial Struggles Against European Invasion and Warfare
	2.2 The Socioeconomic Model of Precolonial Africa
	2.3 Pre-colonial Politics and Governance
	2.4 Africa Cultural Potentials and Challenges
	2.5 Africa’s Ideology and Principle for Development (Ubuntu, Nwanne, and Ofo na Ogu)
		2.5.1 The Igbo’s “Ofo na Ogu”
	2.6 Religion
Chapter 3: Post-independence Politics in Africa
	3.1 Independence of African Countries
	3.2 Pseudo-leader
	3.3 Judiciary and Human Rights Abuses
Chapter 4: Technology and Deindustrialisation
	4.1 Technology Underdevelopment
	4.2 Deindustrialisation
Chapter 5: Education and Labour
	5.1 Education and Artisan Development
	5.2 Research
	5.3 Labour
	5.4 Experienced Studying in Africa
Chapter 6: Economy and Agriculture
	6.1 Natural Resources
	6.2 African Markets
	6.3 Agriculture
	6.4 Capitalism and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 7: Infrastructure
	7.1 Pitiable Infrastructure Development
Chapter 8: Corruption and Underdevelopment in Africa
	8.1 Corruption and the Leadership
Chapter 9: African Conflict
	9.1 Conflicts
	9.2 A Summary of a Short Story Depicting an Aspect of African Conflict Problems
Chapter 10: Women, Children, and Youths Issues
	10.1 African Women
	10.2 African Children
	10.3 The Predicament of African Youth
Chapter 11: Political Situation in Some African Countries
	11.1 Nigeria
	11.2 South Africa
	11.3 Ivory Coast
	11.4 DR Congo (DRC)
	11.5 Sudan
	11.6 Uganda
	11.7 Angola
	11.8 Zimbabwe
Chapter 12: Conclusion
	12.1 Summary
	12.2 Recommendation
	12.3 Closing Remarks
References