Leadership and Identity in the Pan-African Python movement
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Chair of Python Africa and a director at the Python Software Foundation recounts running PyCon Africa 2019 in Accra Ghana, noting repeated surprise when attendees meet the person who sent their emails. Cites a study where people draw a leader as a man 9 out of 10 times, invokes Aristotle Plato and Charles Taylor and the weaver metaphor, contrasts Shona traditions like singing dancing and sadza, and argues leaders must unify, create futures, and be curious humble and open.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Leadership and identity in the pan-African Python movement
- 4:25Leaders As Imagined Beings 'The soul never thinks without an image
- 11:58Leaders As Weavers
- 12:33THE EXCITING WORLD OF WEAVING!!!
- 15:58Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about a sense of belonging
- 19:53Tradition Singing, Dancing Food
- 26:45Leaders As Creators
