John Muhia
Kenya
I think a good leader is one who is fair, self motivated, appreciative, committed, enthusiastic, understanding and one who can articulate issues. In addition, one who has strong ability to influence the rest of the group in doing something either in a negative or positive way but the best way is to encourage the team to do positive things. Also a good leader should listen to the voices of those that they lead and incorporate their interests and opinions in the decision-making process. ( read more)
Ajit Rai
Nepal
As my preliminary and rather unsystematic analysis shows, what essentially inspires me to be what I want to be in life intellectually (a political economist) includes a set of two different but interrelated things. The first one is a social evil, probably the most serious of all other social evils: poverty, which is essentially “social phenomenon” rather than “physical phenomenon.” By this I mean that poverty essentially results from the exploitative socio-economic system known as... ( read more)
Tchekwie
Canada
I am extremely passionate about Indigenous issues, and all facets of Indigenous struggles. I have worked in Treaty Land Entitlement and Specific Lands claims, which allowed me to gain invaluable knowledge of the legal systems for First Nation land claims in Canada. However, this was not the beginning of my introduction to Indigenous politics. I grew up in a home that was surrounded and occupied with people heavily involved in Indigenous politics. Protests, vigils, conferences, gatherings... ( read more)
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