November 8, 2008
November 7, 2008
Rather than wax ecstatic on Obama's victory, the collective blog 20mai.net [fr] from Cameroon has chosen to go out in the streets and tape short interviews of young Cameroonians on yesterday's victory. In this video [fr], we learn that Obama is a bantoo name and that Cameroon knows how to keep its African pride and hopes in check, publicly.
As the world erupts into euphoria over the ascension of Barack Obama, a black man, into the white house, the issue of race in American society becomes more glaring than before: What does Obama presidency mean to the minority population living in the U.S? While the ascent of Obama to the pinnacle of...
go to article »November 6, 2008
As we all walk in a post election daze, not all for the same reasons, I can only attempt a feeble response to this global phenomena. Brack Obama winning the U.S. election and in one fell swoop, redefining race relations in the US by wiping out the nation's original sin, and presenting the world a ne...
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In an unofficial sampling, many Africans told VOA they support the election of Barack Obama as the United States’ 44th president. Senator Obama is the first African-American to hold the office. MALAWI “I’d like to congratulate Barack Obama for winning, for entering the White House. You ...
go to article »November 5, 2008
It is a day of mourning. 4 November 2008, the day that Barack Obama was elected president of the United States of America. Here in South Africa, it was at about 06:30 (5 November), that I heard the news. It was truly bad news. At the time of this post, Obama had 51% and McCain 48% of the popular vo...
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