Preparation and Development of School Leaders in Africa

The book is based on African research and reviews on school leadership preparation and development taking stock of where the field is in this geographical region and what lies ahead. The exclusive focus on sub-Saharan African countries is driven by the desire to foreground African experiences highlighting gaps and asking critical questions about contextually relevant models of leadership that can drive towards improved educational outcomes for African children. The countries explored include Botswana Cameroon Ghana Kenya Lesotho Namibia Nigeria South Africa and Tanzania. Written by a collective of seasoned researchers with extensive experience in the field and on the continent this volume is timely as the field is in need of serious political attention. For these reasons the book is an important resource for policy-makers school leaders and other practitioners students educators of school leadership preparation programmes as well as researchers in the field on the continent and the diaspora.