Leadership and the Responsibility of the Led

AfricanLoft poses the question, "Is Africa a case of Bad Leadership aided by complacent Followership?".Underlining the importance of an involved and responsible populace they posit that:

The business of democracy - as it’s been conducted by its originators in western societies - relies on an informed and active electorate, without which the concept has no meaning. It’s enormous weight of responsibilities is borne on the shoulders of ‘the people’ who are made up of the leaders- the elected, and the followers - the electorate. These people man the various components that constitute collective democratic society.