Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "I Am a Woman's Rights": Power and Parity Politics -- Assuming the Right to Leadership -- Feminist Literary Leadership in African Women's Writing -- Alternative President! Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela's Challenge -- "Yes. We Want the Power!": Writing African Women's Political Leadership / with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Wangari Maathai -- Black Women Lead the Desire for a Transformed United States: The Pivotal Role of Shirley Chisholm -- Advancing Global Leadership Paradigms from the Caribbean -- Marielle Franco and Black Left Feminist Leadership in Brazil: Marielle Presente! -- Coda: From Cuba to Colombia: Challenges and Possibilities : A Politics of the Possible: "Vivir Sabroso".

"This book studies the manifestation of leadership as expressed, narrativized, and represented by women of African descent. It uses the language of "rights" and "power" to assert that Black women find strategic alternatives to the male-dominated leadership status quo and are the leaders of the future"--