[African Arguments] 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