Samba Moriba

co-author of Educational Leadership: Global Contexts and International Comparisons

November 4, 2015

Samba Moriba is a Sierra Leonean studying for a Ph.D. in agricultural education in the Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Oklahoma State University. He started his academic program at Oklahoma State University in August 2007 as a Fulbright student. He is a lecturer on study leave from Njala University in Sierra Leone where he taught for four years (2003-2007) in the Department of Agricultural Education before coming to United States.He is presently a doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant, teaching the undergraduate course: International Programs in Agricultural Education and Extension. He hopes to return to Sierra Leone upon completion of his academic program and join Njala University as a teacher, reseracher and change agent.

The title of this book chapter is "Tribalism and its Consequences: A Cancer Infecting the Corpus of Educational Leadership in Many West African Countries." The title of the book is Educational Leadership: Global Contexts and International Comparisons.

The effectiveness of educational leadership varies considerably from one culture to another and by region of the world. Cultural differences and how they may be negotiated, to a large extent, determines the level of effectiveness of educational leaders (Nahavandi, 2009). Although many theoretical descriptions proffer ideal cases of 'best practice' instructional leadership, what is manifested by the behavior of leaders is what really counts.

The book chapter delved into the nature of education leadership in West African higher education systems. It focuses on the issue of tribalism and how it influences higher education in the subregion.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2011-honorees/samba-moriba

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