Leadership as a Bane of African Socio-Political Situation: An Examination of Aminata Sow Fall’s: The Beggars’ Strike

Abstract

This paper examines Sow Fall’s socio-political vision in her novel The Beggars’ Strike. The term leadership is defined before a brief summary of the novel. Then Sow Fall’s vision of leadership in the African contemporary society is examined against the backdrop of the major incidents in the novel. This is then connected with current social issues in African nation states particularly Nigeria.