Political Instability in Modern African State

We had two main head doctors, both possessing same degree and almost same experience. One was the head of surgery and the other was the head of general medicine. They both are good doctors. But when it comes to leadership quality, Dr. Alexander, general practitioner, is a role model to every doctor who meets him. He influences people by the way his approach and guiding nature. He leads and guides in crisis in such a manner that, he shows how to react to such situations and he supports the entire team. But Dr. Krishna Kumar, the surgeon is more like a boss. He commands. No guidance or support is offered. It makes other people gets scared of him and people are unwilling to work under him. This made me understand that what Harold quoted (above) about leadership is absolutely

Two futures for Africa are possible-one with a democratic and stable Nigeria, and one with a Nigeria stricken by autocratic rule, corruption, and intermittent coups. An entire continent awaits the result of the Nigerian experiment with democracy. Nigeria has the resources and can provide leadership to foster greater regional and international cooperation, leadership that many of Nigeria's neighbors need. A successful Nigerian democracy would provide hope for many of Africa's other burgeoning democracies.

Europe and Africa have been linked together in evaluating the state formation process. Both regions have similarities, strengths, weaknesses, and room for improvement. To this day both regions are far from perfect. Some light can be shed on this subject, by evaluating Europe and Africa’s state formation process, evaluating what party benefits, and briefly explaining two economic consequences of European colonialism in Africa.

Ikechi Mgbeoji’s book, Collective Insecurity examines the hidden causes of West Africa’s civil wars and addresses an important question: “Why has the U.N. system not worked to protect people and to enhance their welfare, as intended, in Africa and elsewhere?” In his book, Mgbeoji proposes, “the solution to African political instability lies in a structural rearrangement of the African polity for the purpose of legitimate governance of African peoples.”

From 1914 to the present, one of the most powerful trends of the postwar era was the importance of the developing world and their desire for independence. Nationalism was an important factor in the growing independence movements in Sub- Saharan Africa. Regardless of political changes, social conflict and tensions remained a problem. Tensions between Europeans and Africans, which had been a problem since the Europeans’ arrival and social unrest in communities didn’t change.

In the second half of the twentieth-century, African countries were able to gain their independence and strive to create unified countries. However, many countries were plagued with civil wars and the issues left behind the colonial era. The adversities faced by these new African nations are at the hands of their old colonial powers and the neo-colonialism that has taken place. These new independent countries were left to unify their people of different backgrounds, create a strong government and economy, and leave the post-colonial legacy behind.

In Maathai's 35 years of experience, at all levels of society, she understands the context of those headlines in the media. In her book, The Challenge For Africa, she writes about her plan to tackle the many trials Africa faces. She knows the troubles are “severe and wide-ranging,” but sees realistic options for change. She became motivated with the situations at hand to create a source of organization to help her solve the problems.

In the late nineteenth century the European powers of the world began imperializing Africa. This annexation, occupation, and division of African territory has since led to much strife within the continent and has caused many struggles politically. This period known as the “Scramble for Africa” has led to the many problems that Africa faces today and has been the root of several wars in Africa to assume control. After World War II many European imperialists began to give African nations autonomy. This seemed like a step forward for African nations, but without any plan to transition into self governance many African nations have faced bloody civil wars and corruption. Along with political struggles, numerous African nations face rising debt and other economic problems. Many of these political and economic issues stem from the “Scramble for Africa”. Once the European countries left Africa had very little to support itself. To explain the issues left by imperialism the three African nations of Rwanda, South Africa, and Sierra Leone will be put under the scope.

Inadequate or inefficient leadership can act as a catalyst for implementation failure in majority of proposed changed in the healthcare industry. Additionally, leader team that is not a representation of the organization or its diversity can also jeopardize the integrity of the project, and will eventually lead to an epic failure.

Agents that affect Africa’s population are many: the temperature has an effect, cross-cultural interaction, and other oppressions all effect how the land is run. African culture has traits of power, whereas as American’s view money as power. People in Africa view food and stones, such an ivory and gold, animal’s skin all for power. From past centuries, what someone in leadership could bring to the community, tribe made him someone in power. For instance if a leader, killed a deer, or food for his community night after, night that man would become in power.

I like the example of the Ebola outbreak as an example of the ineffective leadership. I think that one of the factors that explain how the 2014 Ebola epidemic got out of control was the lack of productive collaboration between public health officials. This ineffective leadership led to a nonintegrated domestic and international collaboration. To even think of public health as something related only to a country is the biggest misapprehension. Public health leaders need to constantly exchange experiences, ideas, strategies, and interventional plans. As Rowing mentioned, the public health leaders are representatives of diverse disciplines and multiple sectors of the industry, and more often than not, they have different views and precedence.

Beginning in 1880, there was a growing desire for European countries to expand and control their rule. The only continent at that time that was left uncontrolled and, in the European's eyes uncivilized, was Africa. This was the start of Western Imperialism. All European countries wanted their piece of Africa and to get it, they would let nothing stand in their way. They would change the entire government, religion, market, and behavior of most of the African nation and affect almost every person living there. An account of the impact of Imperialism is given in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. This book shows the changes that occurred in Africa during Imperialism and its affect on the community and the people

There has been vast amounts of research done on the topic of leadership, and yet despite this it continues to be ‘‘riddled with paradoxes, inconsistencies, and contradictions’’

When I read the two articles “Becoming the Boss” and “A Survival Guide for Leaders”, I noticed various differences between the two. While both articles consist of tips and advice for leaders, they go about that in two diverse ways. From the one article read, leadership is made out to be an abundance of responsibility, while the other article starts by describing leadership as dangerous and risky. Although responsibility and danger come with both good and bad in this case, I felt very differently about the separate articles. However, in both readings there were things I liked and disliked, and many things I would remember for future reference.

Modern African states have several problems ranging from corruption, to armed conflict, to stunted structural development. The effects of colonialism have been offered as a starting point for much of the analysis on African states, but the question of why African states are particularly dysfunctional needs to be examined, given the extent to which they have lagged behind other former European colonies in many aspects. In the first section, I will consider the problems with African states from the level of the state. That is, the nature of the states' inceptions and the underlying flaws may explain some of the issues that have been associated with African states today. Next I examine the development of, or lack of, civil