Democratic African leaders of the 1960s were overlooked by scholars

Evidence

Personal Rule in Black Africa has made pioneering contributions to the way we study African leadership. However, the scope of Jackson and Rosberg’s book is limited to the study of only one type of leadership, “personal rule.” Alternative forms of political leadership existed in Africa during the period under review, even in places like Botswana, but they did not attract the attention of scholars. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 101