Seydina M. Ndiaye - Narrative of the Possibilities

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Seydina Ndiaye is a social entrepreneur and socio-political actor working mainly in inclusion, youth development, and democracy in Dakar, Senegal. He also works as a senior consultant focusing on politics and development strategies for digital growth, where he has had several collaborations with those in the Senegalese public sector.

Seydina is an alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and completed his program at Kansas State University. He is a civic leadership practitioner and is prototyping a contextualized civic leadership and engagement framework based on African local community organizing activities and spreading local narratives to increase citizen awareness to promote civic engagement, and participatory democracy, especially through digital technology and cyberspace.

A Quote From this Episode

• "And now, our challenge is to prepare...by investing in the young generation by giving them a different way of practicing, learning, and teaching leadership."

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Book: Systems thinking for social change
• Book: African Leadership: Powerful Paradigms For The 21st Century
• Book: Navigating Complexities in Leadership
• Seydina's Music Suggestions
  • J. Cole: Love Yours
  • Chronixx: Skanking Sweet
  • Chronixx: Same prayer
  • Chronixx: Jah is There
  • Sonia Jobarteh: Jarabi
  • Ashs The Best: Ayway Samba
  • Cesaria Evora: Sodade
  • Cesaria ft Salif Keita: Yamore
  • Youssou Ndour: Picc Me
  • Didier Awadi: The Roots
  • Tabanka Djazz: Silencio 
  • Sara Tavares: balance
    
    

About The International Leadership Association (ILA)

• The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Plan for ILA's 25th Global Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 12-15, 2023.

About The Boler College of Business at John Carroll University

• Boler offers four MBA programs – 1 Year Flexible, Hybrid, Online, and Professional. Each MBA track offers flexible timelines and various class structure options (online, in-person, hybrid, asynchronous). Boler’s tech core and international study tour opportunities set these MBA programs apart. Rankings highlighted in the intro are taken from CEO Magazine.

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