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What Obama’s Reelection Means for Africa
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In the heat of the just concluded American presidential elections, a few of my Nigerian friends on Facebook were peeved that Nigerians invested more emotional energy in the American elections than they ever did in the affairs of their own country. “What has Obama done for Africa?” one of them asked. I think that’s a legitimate question.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
In the heat of the just concluded American presidential elections, a few of my Nigerian friends on Facebook were peeved that Nigerians invested more emotional energy in the American elections than they ever did in the affairs of their own country. “What has Obama done for Africa?” one of them asked. I think that’s a legitimate question.
I predicted Obama’s reelection again!
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Just like I did in 2008, in a March 10, 2012 article on this column titled, “Why Obama May Yet Get a Second Term,” I predicted that Barack Obama would win reelection. My prediction came to pass. I make no claims to possessing any sort of oracular capacities. My predictions were based purely on my observation of the dynamics of the American political landscape. See below a shortened version of my initial article. Next week, I will give more insights into why Obama won.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Just like I did in 2008, in a March 10, 2012 article on this column titled, “Why Obama May Yet Get a Second Term,” I predicted that Barack Obama would win reelection. My prediction came to pass. I make no claims to possessing any sort of oracular capacities. My predictions were based purely on my observation of the dynamics of the American political landscape. See below a shortened version of my initial article. Next week, I will give more insights into why Obama won.
Time to change Nigeria’s national flag
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Nigeria undoubtedly has one of the world’s worst designed flags. It is unimaginative, aesthetically unpleasant, and sterile in imagery and symbolism. It is one of only few national flags I know that repeat one bland color twice and that does not faithfully depict the culture, peculiarities, and history of the people it purports to typify.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Nigeria undoubtedly has one of the world’s worst designed flags. It is unimaginative, aesthetically unpleasant, and sterile in imagery and symbolism. It is one of only few national flags I know that repeat one bland color twice and that does not faithfully depict the culture, peculiarities, and history of the people it purports to typify.
Re: Time to change Nigeria’s National Flag
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Readers took my last week’s article more seriously than I intended it to be taken. It was alternately serious and tongue-in-cheek. Well, enjoy a sample of the responses below:
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Readers took my last week’s article more seriously than I intended it to be taken. It was alternately serious and tongue-in-cheek. Well, enjoy a sample of the responses below:
Difference between a doctorate and a Ph.D.
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Following my last week’s article on Nigerian vice chancellors’ praiseworthy declaration on the award of honorary doctorates, many of my readers wanted me to write on the difference between a doctorate degree and a PhD—if there is any.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Following my last week’s article on Nigerian vice chancellors’ praiseworthy declaration on the award of honorary doctorates, many of my readers wanted me to write on the difference between a doctorate degree and a PhD—if there is any.