Which African leader will take up after Mandela?

A year after the death of Nelson Mandela, we must start asking which African leader will take the mantle from the esteemed South African leader, Nelson Mandela. Mandela was not perfect, but even with his weaknesses, he transcended South Africa, and Africa, to become a global paragon of virtue, morality, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Even more poignant, he ruled for just five years, and surrendered power when he could easily have been re-elected for a second and final term.

Sure, Nelson Mandela had his weaknesses, but the fact is that he was able to rise above those weaknesses and become a global icon. Which African leader can then rise up to take Mandela's place. Sure, there is a lack of leadership in many countries across the world. But in Africa, the lack of effective leadership is of crisis proportions. The Mo Ibrahim leadership Prize, a 5 million dollar