Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Nigerian Politics - Obama In Ghana: A Sub-Saharan Sermon
The world, particularly Africa, is agog with the news of Barack Obama’s triumphant entry to Ghana this week, Obama-mania erupting across the nation. Whilst some African nations are busy licking their wounds, making various excuses for why the most powerful and popular man in the world chose Ghana ahead of them, most are simply relishing another proud moment of African history. As a Nigerian, I appreciate Obama’s choice of Ghana for his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa, a nation which has managed to maintain a clean image in a continent so smeared in electoral fraud and political conflict. I applaud and agree with Prof. Wole Soyinka’s bold assertion: “If Obama decides to
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