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Selected Conversations on the Context for Leadership in Southern Malawi North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship Dissertations Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2014 Treasures Of Their Truth: Selected Conversations On The Context For Leadership In Southern Malawi Martin Renee High North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.library.ncat.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation High, Martin Renee, "Treasures Of Their Truth: Selected Conversations On The Context For Leadership In Southern Malawi" (2014). Dissertations. 61. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/dissertations/61 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Treasures of Their Truth: Selected Conversations on the Context for Leadership in Southern Malawi Renee High Martin North Carolina A&T State University A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department: Leadership Studies Major: Leadership Studies Major Professors: Drs. Elizabeth A. Barber and Barbra Mosley Greensboro, North Carolina 2014 i The Graduate School North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University This is to certify that the Doctoral Dissertation of Renee High Martin has met the dissertation requirements of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro, North Carolina 2014 Approved by: Dr. Elizabeth A. Barber Dr. Barbra Mosley Major Professor Major Professor Dr. Cynthia McCauley Dr. William Susuwele-Banda Committee Member Committee Member Dr. Comfort O. Okpala Dr. Conchita Ndege Department Chair Committee Member Dr. Sanjiv Sarin Dean, The Graduate School ii © Copyright by Renee High Martin 2014 iii Biographical Sketch Renee High Martin, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, received her undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, located in Charlotte North Carolina; and her Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Renee is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and has presented her research at the Fourteenth Annual International Leadership Association (ILA) Global Conference, the 2009 Multi-Sector Forum hosted by the Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, and the Seventh Annual General Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum. She has co-authored two conference papers at the 2011 and 2012 International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation (iCERi); and holds membership in the International Leadership Association (ILA) and EDUCAUSE, an international organization that focuses on the use of IT in higher education. Renee has over 30 years of experience in the higher education information technology (IT) field. She has held various appointments in IT and is currently the Director of Applications at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, responsible for enterprise databases and applications such as the student information system, which includes admissions, registration, and student billing; financial systems; human resource systems; and university website. Major implementations have included numerous enterprise system migrations and upgrades, a campus-wide university website redesign, installation of an enterprise identity management system, and deployment of a campus-wide reporting system. She has served in advisory roles for IT at the University of North Carolina system and the State of North Carolina levels. iv Dedication In memory of my father, Atty. Major High; my father-in-law, Mr. Harold Martin; my maternal grandmother, Mrs. Dicey Carter; my maternal great-aunt, Mrs. Katie Powell; my mentor and dissertation committee member, Dr. Tom Smith; a Malawian informant, Dr. Absalom Phiri; and all my ancestors that are no longer with me in this world. Your actions and love of knowledge and education have coalesced within this dissertation. v Acknowledgements All things are connected. I am because of my family, friends, co-workers, colleagues, mentors, neighbors, classmates, and my Sangha. I give honor and thanks to all things living and non-living. This dissertation would not have been possible without the assistance of Mr. Chitenje, Mrs. Mary Mautanga, and Mr. Sammy Bakali - my friends from Malawi. I am extremely grateful for your willingness to share your life experiences and for trusting me to serve as a vehicle for sharing your conversations. I am honored to know you and I am forever in your debt. Words cannot express my gratitude to my committee members: Dr. Elizabeth Barber and Dr. Barbra Mosley, my committee co-chairs; Dr. Cynthia McCauley; Dr. Conchita Ndege, and Dr. William Susuwele-Banda. Thank you for your guidance, recommendations, and patience as I maneuvered through conceptual frameworks, paradigms, methodologies, Malawi’s history and culture, and technology mishaps. Special thanks to my Leadership Studies professors for assistance in navigating my scholarly journey; to Dr. Alexander Erwin for recognizing scholarly potential in me; to Dr. Harry Williams, Dr. Nan Manuel, and Mr. Sam Harrison for writing letters of recommendation; to Dr. Patricia Kelly for serving as a gatekeeper to resources in Malawi; and to my supervisors, coworkers, colleagues, team members, Leadership Studies classmates, friends, and sorors for keeping me in your thoughts and providing words of encouragement. A heartfelt thank you goes to my fellow travelers to Malawi. While we may not have traveled to Malawi at the same time, as research assistants our shared love of the country and its culture, people, land, and experiences forever unite us. Additionally, I thank Mrs. Annie Fletcher for her friendship and for being such a gracious host while I was in Malawi. vi My deepest thanks go to my chemwali anga. Your encouragement and belief in me have sustained me. Thank you for listening to me, for taking care of me, and for always being there for me. Roommates forever! Love you! Finally, I sincerely and lovingly thank my family. I thank my mother for always being there for me and for being “my Mom.” I thank my mother-in-law for being a beautiful person. I thank my brother for all the pens, pencils, and paper. I thank my brother-in-law and his wife for finding the joy in life. I thank my sister-in-laws and their significant others for being family. I thank my sons, Brian and Tyus, for knowing when “Momma” just needed a hug. I thank my husband, Tim, for over 34 years of support, patience, and love. I love you guys! vii Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 1 History, Kinship, Culture, and Relationships ........................................................... 3 1.1 Locating the Study in a Place ............................................................................................ 3 1.2 Locating the Study in a Worldview ................................................................................... 6 1.3 Locating the Study within an African Epistemology: Ubuntu, Umunthu, Umundu, Bunhu ................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.4 Locating the Study within the Malawian Context for Leadership ................................... 11 1.5 Ethnography as a Way of Knowing ................................................................................. 13 1.6 Definition of Terms ......................................................................................................... 14 1.7 Significance ..................................................................................................................... 15 1.8 Delimitations .................................................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER 2 Framing an Indigenous Research Project ............................................................... 20 2.1 Journeys within Journeys ................................................................................................. 20 2.2 Indigenous Research Paradigm ........................................................................................ 21 2.3 Direction, Alignment, and Commitment ......................................................................... 24 2.4 The Existing Literature on African Leadership ............................................................... 27 2.4.1 The Bantu culture and leadership. ......................................................................... 28 2.4.2 Sub-Saharan African leadership. ........................................................................... 32 2.4.3 Effects of globalization, colonialism, and imperialism on Sub-Saharan African culture. ............................................................................................................................ 37 2.4.4 Existing literature viewed from an indigenous research lens. ............................... 43 2.5 Summary .......................................................................................................................... 49 CHAPTER 3 Odi, Odi .................................................................................................................
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