Abstract:
INTRODUCTION
Historians valuate the past for two reasons; to explain the present and to act as a guide to the future. In Africa, what we are actually living with at present is the continent’s misery. Different explanations have been offered for this state of affairs. These include divine displeasure, inanimate forces of nature, socioeconomic factors such as class conflicts, and leadership. No single factor can explain everything but leadership plays a major role. In Africa, some of the leaders who stand out are Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
