Leadership, Accountability, and Integrity: An African Perspective

Abstract

The topic of research is, Leadership and Accountability, Integrity: An African Perspective. The purpose of this paper is to gain insights into perceptions of African societies. In the practice of leadership, accountability and integrity are considered essential values for harmonious community living in traditional and modern African context. Rapid Critical Appraisal (RCA) was used for gathering of raw data as well as document analysis. The data collected was analyzed by coding, categorization, interpretation, and editing. The major finding of the study reveals that there exists a relationship between leadership, accountability, and integrity. The study defines the role a leader as someone who influences individuals and groups within a community or a village. The leader helps to establish goals, and guides the community through the whole process, allowing the group of people to be effective and decision making was by consensus. A good leader is remembered and many will aspire to be good members of the community or leaders. African societies have moral values that guide social conduct. Accountability and integrity are human social values used to distinguish what is right from what is wrong with specific reference to social behavior--that is, a person