Diversity in Africa The Coming of Age of a Continent
Africa's diversity is its greatest resource and challenge. In this book, leaders from business, government, academia and the voluntary sector discuss the implications of this diversity for leadership. Throughout, contributors relate organisational issues
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Also by Kurt April DIVERSITY: New Realities in a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan) KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRAXIS (Juta Academic) PERFORMANCE THROUGH LEARNING: Knowledge Management in Action (Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann) THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT WORKBOOK (Kagiso) E or b e@ten: E-Business Redefining the Corporate Landscape (Butterworths) RETHINKING LEADERSHIP (University of Cape Town Press)
Also by Marylou Shockley DIVERSITY: New Realities in a Changing World (Palgrave Macmillan)
Diversity in Africa The Coming of Age of a Continent Edited by Kurt April and Marylou Shockley
Selection and editorial matter © Kurt April and Marylou Shockley 2007 Individual chapters © Contributors 2007 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2007 978-0-230-00684-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-28266-1 ISBN 978-0-230-62753-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230627536 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Diversity in Africa: the coming of age of a continent / edited by Kurt April and M. Shockley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-230-00684-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Pluralism (Social sciences)—Africa 2. Africa—Social conditions—1960– I. April, Kurt. II. Shockley, Marylou L. (Marylou Lorraine), 1943 HN773.D58 2007 305.906—dc22 10
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Contents List of Tables
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List of Figures
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List of Contributors
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Foreword
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: The Multi-faceted Continent
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1. Rethinking Leadership and Wealth Creation in Afr
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