Will Abiy Ahmed be Ethiopia’s Bismarck or its Mandela?

Africa has long served as fertile ground for distinctive forms of leadership to emerge. Figures such as Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, and Julius Nyerere, among others, represent the “Mount Rushmore” of African leadership, having left an enduring imprint on the continent’s history and beyond. Notably, some of these leaders’ political trajectories bear a striking resemblance to those of their Western counterparts. To cite, Nkrumah and Charles de Gaulle both pursued national grandeur and strategic autonomy for their respective countries. Similarly, Thomas Sankara shared Franklin D. Roosevelt’s revolutionary image and rhetoric, alongside a deep commitment to state-led modernization, social […] The post Will Abiy Ahmed be Ethiopia’s Bismarck or its Mandela? appeared first on African Arguments.