Today I had time to discuss some strange issue about my continent with a friend of mine,finally afterwards the theme above came to my mind and I felt I should share it.
The kingship mentality of most at the corridors of power is much a bigger challenge in the struggle towards achieving the real democratic aspirations of the continent and its people.The dilemma we are faced with are not exclusive to a particular region or state within the continent but seems to be a recurrent manifestation that afflicts leadership at every level of our politic.
It is a problem we as a people are faced with as we try to make sense of workable democratic system in the continent. Democracy many would argue, has roots within our kingship formula. This I would strongly say does not hold water, further supported on basis of -the absence of accountability-which in all intent and purpose is completely not built within as to the way the kingship formula was arranged.When we take directly from what we had, which in principle isn't workable in this current system and put into what we have-democracy as it should be, we create a non workable system which disenfranchises the participant -the general masses,leaving a system of subject/master relationship- a King which is unchallengeable the ruler and the Yes Subject who are ruled. This is the possible tendencies of sit tight/never ready to give up power rulers, which has continued to mare our style of democracy which has perpetuated lack of or therein of substantive leaders within the continent of Africa. This is one part to inability to develop leaders who are capable to lead the continent and its people into the 21st century.
This is a mindset that needs to be changed that old guards may give way to up and coming would-be leaders of tomorrow. the Kingship mentality needs to be RIP to allow the continent benefit from its Human Capital.
The kingship mentality of most at the corridors of power is much a bigger challenge in the struggle towards achieving the real democratic aspirations of the continent and its people.The dilemma we are faced with are not exclusive to a particular region or state within the continent but seems to be a recurrent manifestation that afflicts leadership at every level of our politic.
It is a problem we as a people are faced with as we try to make sense of workable democratic system in the continent. Democracy many would argue, has roots within our kingship formula. This I would strongly say does not hold water, further supported on basis of -the absence of accountability-which in all intent and purpose is completely not built within as to the way the kingship formula was arranged.When we take directly from what we had, which in principle isn't workable in this current system and put into what we have-democracy as it should be, we create a non workable system which disenfranchises the participant -the general masses,leaving a system of subject/master relationship- a King which is unchallengeable the ruler and the Yes Subject who are ruled. This is the possible tendencies of sit tight/never ready to give up power rulers, which has continued to mare our style of democracy which has perpetuated lack of or therein of substantive leaders within the continent of Africa. This is one part to inability to develop leaders who are capable to lead the continent and its people into the 21st century.
This is a mindset that needs to be changed that old guards may give way to up and coming would-be leaders of tomorrow. the Kingship mentality needs to be RIP to allow the continent benefit from its Human Capital.
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