Home truths : cultures, leadership, and development from an African perspective.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Cultures leadership and development the interaction event -- The unbearable lightness of leadership -- The decline of European secularism and the rise of the belief industry in Africa -- The failure of African nation states is a failure of global leadership -- Should God be taken out of politics in Africa -- Whoever names you has the power to tame you how the language of the begging bowl impoverishes Africa -- Nigerians Senegalese and Wanjikus three entry points into Africa's cultural reality -- In Africa Leadership is an idea power is a fact -- A prayer for the dying or people centered development -- Redefining cultures leadership and development 14 home truths for the continent to deal with -- Contributors.