Inclusive development and responsible leadership are Fidel Castro’s legacy to Africa
NOVANEWS
Paresh Soni
Betrayal of the liberation struggle by post-independent regimes and elites in many African countries is the reason I am making a clarion call to civil society, in particular my contemporaries, the youth, and the electorate to reconceptualise their thoughts about state governance and leadership. Corruption, cronyism, looting of the national purse, state capture and service delivery strikes are a stark reminder of this reality.
It was Benjamin Disraeli who said: "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example”. Fidel Castro’s legacy to the world mirrors this quotation accurately.
The death of Fidel Castro, a global iconic leader, should exhort us to think strategically about transformatory leadership for ...