BY MODUPE ABIOLA While in Washington in April to attend the international summit on nuclear security, President Goodluck Jonathan, then in the shadow of his predecessor, Umaru Musa Yar’adua, whose …
For a while, the upheavals of the world ground to a halt to give its full meaning to the historic inauguration of the Democratic candidate elected president of the United …
BY USMAN MAMA “This election is not about me; it’s about you,” then-presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama repeatedly said during the 2008 presidential election campaign. By “you,” the now president …
BY SOUMANOU SALIFOU In an interview with The African’s senior writer Soumanou Salifou, The Hon. Moses M. Wetang’ula, Member of Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, discusses the …
BY DEDE YI-FEE Until Sen. Barack Obama humbly and emotionally told a black congregation gathered in March 2007 at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama for a …
BY RICHARD KUMBA Just six hours after President-elect Barack Obama took the oath of office at 12:04 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, thus taking a huge step into history …
In light of President George W. Bush’s positive legacy to Africa, which was unexpected of a (white) Republican president with no emotional ties to Africa, we can expect U.S. positive …
BY DEDE YI-FEE Sub-Saharan Africans from Djibouti to South Africa via Gabon, Togo and Kenya, have celebrated Obama’s election with mega parties, dances and other festive events. Most of …
BY SUE B. SIMON Public perception of President Bush in Africa between 2003 (right after he went to war in Iraq quasi unilaterally) and 2008, grew exponentially positive, paradoxically at …
BY WILLIAM J. FIGHTER President Bush, whom few people thought would show any interest in Africa, has surprised many. With two trips to Africa (July 8-12, 2003 and February 16-21, …
