An innovative analysis of political leadership in Africa between 1960 and 2018, drawing on an entirely new dataset.

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Accomplished political leaders have a clear strategy for turning political visions into reality. Through well-honed analytical, political, and emotional intelli

This is the first biographical dictionary of major political leaders in sub-Saharan Africa since 1945, leaders who have made important and often determinative c