To where has the leadership in ths country gone?

"The best form of leadership is one that weds imagination and action." - Dr. Okey Ndibe

Dear friends,

Nigerian scholar/educator/writer, Dr. Okey Ndibe writes: The best form of leadership is one that weds imagination and action.

I would like to add to that wisdom from my dear friend and brother Okey that that "action" of which he speaks requires the aforementioned "leader" to also be willing to take the first blow of opposition, like Mandela did for scores of years.

Unfortunately, in this country - the U.S.A. (and most others), so-called "leaders" hide in offices and caves, surrounded by their threat capacity in the form of the police and military, never actually having to confront their own inadequacies and insecurities, much less vulnerabilities.

So how can one be a leader, if his or her value judgments are founded in him or her having no regard for anything other than satisfying himself or herself, as it pertains to receiving both social status and as many material benefits as possible, while, simultaneously, involving himself or herself in as little work/effort as possible?

Moreover, if one is to use his or her imagination to lead, then s/he must necessarily use reason in his or her actions along with the aforesaid imagination. That automatically makes using manipulative intelligence alone inadequate, and, instead, turns all three factors into either a plan or, at least, a progression of plans that will not only require the input needed that can only come from a large body of other people (democracy), but will benefit everyone involved. Cheers!

G. Djata Bumpus