Abstract:
Having broken the chains of colonialism and cut its umbilical cord in the 1960s, the African
leadership destiny seems continuously unclear to the citizens. The continent faced the 1960s Anticolonial revolutions with much hope and enthusiasm that at last the Africans themselves in charge
will herald the much desired leadership in contrast to one which never met their expectations. The
independence struggle (the first liberation) ushered in a lost hope. The second liberation (the MultiParty Revolutions) led by the political elites in 1990s came with strength and vigor and indeed
favored by the international politics then, saw African conflicts drastically decline. But there seems to
be an imminent change in the gains two decades later in Africa, a time when its development is
picking up and growth in human capital favoring more development that an experience of
consciousness revolution is building up (Anti-Status quo conflicts) coupled with urban uprisings as
witnessed in North Africa. Is this likely to be the third liberation? a time for the mixed middle class to
show leadership destiny needed in the continent. Questions being asked in this paper are; which is the
required solution? Is it dialogue, elections, or revolutions? Using the objectives of; finding out the
problem(s) with African leadership, evaluating the use of dialogue, elections, and revolutions, and
highlighting some possible solutions to this situation, the authors, by use of available literature made
some valuable addition to knowledge for re-shaping the destiny of this continent’s leadership in the
conclusions and recommendations. In a major way, the authors find the subject of leadership destiny
very key for politics and development of Africa.
