Welcome to the International
Leadership University-Burundi
In the
philosophical thinking known as “Existentialism”, Søren Kierkegaard, a Danish
philosopher who lived between 1813 and 1855, believed that “people have to
choose what they want to do and how they want to be”. He advocated for three
modes of living.
The aesthetic
mode characterized by how an individual strives to meet his/her life’s
needs such a cleanliness, caring for the environment, good housing and good
food. In this mode one asks the question of whether or not he/she is working to
live in accordance with who he/she is. The International Leadership
University-Burundi encourages students, in their academic and professional
careers to “Work so hard that you
never have to introduce yourself” as Gigi Hadid said.
The ethical mode entails how we make choices.
We have to make choices even if they are different from the expectations of
others. We urge ourselves, at ILU-Burundi to make choices that are in
accordance with God’s will, putting together intelligence and character during
decision-making. Martin Luther King Jr said that “intelligence plus character –
that is true education”.
The religious mode is known as the highest
mode because it involves faith. The
subject about religion is very complex. Prof Delanyo Adadevoh, in his book Leading Transformation in Africa, said:
The most important
thing is not the religious forms, but the capacity of African leaders to have a
personal relationship with God… Africa needs leadership with a transformed
mentality; one that makes them look inwardly to their own gifting and then
outwardly to how to position themselves in the global community.