The bearersi of ubuntu/botho principles at the helm of individualistic: capitalist norms: the case of traditional leaders in the post apartheid

Abstract

The paper is written in times when post-colonial Africa still struggling with the same old challenges of the 20th Centuryiii, as the continent is trying to navigate and negotiate its location and position in this globalised world. The paper aims to show the many challenges facing Africa today in the struggle to achieve peace and sustainable development. At the centre of this struggle is the burning issue of leadership and their weaknesses and strengths of various leadership styles adopted by African leaders in facing these challenges. The paper attempts to scrutinise the pre and post colonialist traditional leadership in relation to Afrocentric societal moral values. It will also attempts revisit ubuntu principle with a view to gain more understanding its universality. In addition, the paper will also make some recommendations that can be considered in formulating strategies that will produce everlasting solutions to Africa and her children.