Ethics and Leadership Track: Workshop: Ethics and Leadership Through Africanfuturism: Pumzi, Viewing and Discussion

Speaker: Dr. Kwasu D. Tembo

There is a fruitful and oftentimes contentious debate concerning the status of ethics and leadership in relation to ecological realities of many regions on the African continent. Challenged by resource scarcity, sociopolitical malfeasances, and industrial impediments to meet growing demand, while also remaining extremely rich in terms of mineral and land wealth, Africa faces the ongoing dilemma of marrying ethical thinking and practice with well devised, forward-looking leadership models that still remain retrogrounded. However, it could be rightly argued that any progress to be achieved in these and other related debates depends on the continued maintenance and health of the environments and biomes in which they occur. What becomes of our ethics and leadership practices when ecology is destroyed? This session, led by Ashesi University faculty member Kwasu David Tembo, simultaneously engages participants in an important leadership and ethics conversation while modeling how Africanfuturism texts, in this case Wanuri Kahiu’s film Pumzi (2009), can be used in the classroom to explore leadership and ethics in relation to the ongoing climate crisis. 

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