The African Leaderships Centre (ALC) places value on the practice of leadership and on practitioner reflections, seeing it as a tool that assists the entirety of learning as well as research. As a result, the Practice of Leadership programme was created as a component of both the research and degree programmes, existing to bring the experiences of leaders in the field of peace, security and development to the fore of research and learning.
Exposing students, fellows and researchers of the African Leadership Centre to these first-hand experiences of leadership in the field, we hope to strengthen theoretical analysis of leadership at the nexus of security and development and to document these experiences for future leaders.As part of the programme, the African Leadership Centre invites leading policy practitioners to participate in research and teaching, giving students and Fellows access to these practitioners through seminars and reflection sessions, while providing the practitioners the opportunity to reflect on their experiences.
For easier documentation of practitioner reflections, an ALC Fellow will be designated to serve as Aide to each practitioner who will also serve as mentor to ALC Fellows. This will invariably enhance analysis of the experiences and learning for future use.
The programme aims to address how leadership practices and processes can facilitate or impede efforts at building and sustaining peace. In doing so, it poses a range of questions, from which answers will be drawn through the reflections of the practitioners. As a final part of the programme a publication will be produced, documenting the interactions between the fellows, researchers and practitioners to serve as a teaching and training tool for the Centre in addition to dissemination across a network of researchers and policy practitioners.
Leading Practitioners
The ALC targets practitioners who have held lead roles in peace processes and political transitions in areas affected by conflict across Africa. The African Leadership Centre is pleased to have as Visiting Professors and Visiting Senior Research Fellows the following Practitioners:
Dr Youssef Mahmoud
Leading Practitioner Aides
Dr Toyin Ajao, Research Aide to Bisi Adeleye Fayemi
Leonide Awah, Research Aide to Professor Abdoulaye Bathily
Natasha Chilambo, Research Aide to Dr Fatima Akilu
Akinbode Fasakin, Research Aide to General Martin Agwai
Dr Albert Mbiatem, Research Aide to Professor Youssef Mahmoud
Linganaden Murday, Research Aide to Mr El Ghassim Wane
Dr Nompilo Ndlovu, Research Aide to Hon Thoko Didiza
Dr Sonja Theron, Research Aide to Dr Majak D’Agoot
