Is Africa still capable of producing visionary leaders to solve today鈥檚 problems?
In the past, Africa produced intellectual giants like the Kwame Nkrumah and Nelson Mandela. So do their daughters think modern politicians can emulate their leadership today?
鈥淭he thoughts, the theories, the ideas are there. But how to reach them, we have to come up with our own method and strategy. And I think one of them is that we badly need consensus on what needs to be done. The time now is for consensus building.鈥�
In today鈥檚 episode, Alan Kasujja sits down with Samia Nkrumah, the daughter of legendary Ghanaian politician, Kwame Nkrumah.
They will be discussing the political icon鈥檚 leadership style, his philosophy and personal life.
They will also be drawing parallels between the struggles faced by Africans today and those who lived through past decades.
Nkrumah, who is celebrated for leading Ghana to independence in the late 1950s, is one of a number of intellectual giants Africa produced in recent history.
Others include Nelson Mandela of South Africa, Burkina Faso鈥檚 Thomas Sankara, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo of Namibia and Kenya鈥檚 Jomo Kenyatta.
Alan will continue the conversation around Africa's visionary leaders with Ndileka Mandela, Nelson Mandela's granddaughter, in tomorrow鈥檚 episode.
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