Lewanika's Flight Case Study
7. Lessons Learnt from Lewanika’s Flight
Situational leadership: What is interesting is that Lubosi did not find time of calling even his sons to flee with him neither did he bother to find out the whereabouts of Silumbu, his Ngambela. The nature of the situation or crisis should determine the action to take or follow. Consult cases where it is appropriate to do so. At school level, there are in cases where teachers can exercise some elements of autocracy like burning buildings and fatal stabbings on the school premises.
Fearless in times of danger: After hearing the gun shots and upon being told that people have occupied the palace, he wasted no time in bolting through a forced opening and flees without much panic. Mandela relates an incidence where one engine of the plane in which he was travelling stopped but he continued reading his book as if nothing has happened. It is important for leaders to be fearless and confident and if need be, calm down in order to find solution of the problem. At …show more content…
In his turn, the King set to work to teach his wives and servants (Snelson 1973; Clay 1968). This is a very good example and lesson indeed to the young generation which seems to relax with acquiring knowledge through reading and research.
8. Conclusions and recommendations
Lubosi Lewanika lived in an era when colonization was taking root in Africa yet he managed to cope with the new and foreign system despite its intricate operations. This is what King Lewanika had to say to Frederick Stanley Arnot, a missionary who visited and stayed among the Lozis from 1882 concerning the status of their education system:
Yes, yes, that is good, to read, write and to know numbers. But don’t, don’t teach them the Word of God; it is not nice…. We know quite enough about God and dying, Reader (1997,
Situational leadership: What is interesting is that Lubosi did not find time of calling even his sons to flee with him neither did he bother to find out the whereabouts of Silumbu, his Ngambela. The nature of the situation or crisis should determine the action to take or follow. Consult cases where it is appropriate to do so. At school level, there are in cases where teachers can exercise some elements of autocracy like burning buildings and fatal stabbings on the school premises.
Fearless in times of danger: After hearing the gun shots and upon being told that people have occupied the palace, he wasted no time in bolting through a forced opening and flees without much panic. Mandela relates an incidence where one engine of the plane in which he was travelling stopped but he continued reading his book as if nothing has happened. It is important for leaders to be fearless and confident and if need be, calm down in order to find solution of the problem. At …show more content…
In his turn, the King set to work to teach his wives and servants (Snelson 1973; Clay 1968). This is a very good example and lesson indeed to the young generation which seems to relax with acquiring knowledge through reading and research.
8. Conclusions and recommendations
Lubosi Lewanika lived in an era when colonization was taking root in Africa yet he managed to cope with the new and foreign system despite its intricate operations. This is what King Lewanika had to say to Frederick Stanley Arnot, a missionary who visited and stayed among the Lozis from 1882 concerning the status of their education system:
Yes, yes, that is good, to read, write and to know numbers. But don’t, don’t teach them the Word of God; it is not nice…. We know quite enough about God and dying, Reader (1997,