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Comrade Shehu Sani, renowned civil rights activist, tells TONY ORILADE of the significance of Barack Obama’s victory
Obama’s victory is an inspiration. It is miraculous and it is a message of hope. Obama’s victory is an official and formal end to the politics of racism, deception and apartheid in America and the world over. It is …
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By Wale Adebanwi
Was it the moment that found the man, or was it the man that found the moment? Perhaps, both man and moment were in a long, tortuous search for each other. They found each other on 4 November 2008 when a tall black man walked into an unprecedented blaze of glory on behalf of his …
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By Abubakar Momoh
Obama made history as history made Obama. For whatever reason that John Kerry invited Barack Obama, then Senate aspirant from Illinois, to deliver a speeech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, certainly the speech won him the Senatorial seat. The speech, aptly entitled the “Audacity of Hope”, was a critique of conventional …
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Wole Olaoye, political activist and President, Obafemi Awolowo University Alumni Association, explains the process leading to the victory of Mr. Barack Obama and its significance for Nigeria and Africa. He spoke with OLUOKUN AYORINDE
The election of Senator Barack Obama as the incoming president of America is awesome to start with. It’s like a combination of …
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By Odia Ofeimun
November 4, 2008 will henceforth be remembered as the date that started off the 21st century. Because it is the date on which Barrack Obama, the first African American, became the 44th President of the United States. Nothing else has happened since the turn of the millennium that provides a revision of the …
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