African immigrants in America who will not vote for Obama
By Farooq A. Kperogi Given the enormous excitement that Barack Obama generates in Africa (and among Africans both at home and in the diaspor...
Mourning the death of “America’s Imam”
By Farooq A. Kperogi On September 9, 2008, the 9th day of Ramadan here, Muslims in America lost an inspirational icon with the death of Imam...
Return of American culture wars heats up presidential race
By Farooq A. Kperogi With less than two months to the presidential election, America’s politically tinged culture wars—bickering over “hot-b...
Two days in “America’s most segregated city”
By Farooq A. Kperogi A day after I returned from Nigeria, I headed straight to Chicago, America’s third largest metropolitan area (after New...
Palin displaces Obama as the new American sensation
By Farooq A. Kperogi Barack Obama is no longer the man of the moment in American politics. He has been upstaged by a new kid on the American...
Obama leads in polls again but fears of ‘Bradley effect’ remain
By Farooq A. Kperogi There has been some good news for Barack Obama this week. After being in a statistical dead heat with John McCain for s...
US election: Vice presidential picks change election dynamics
By Farooq A. Kperogi The choice of vice presidential candidates by both Barack Obama and John McCain in the last few weeks has dramat...
Reflections on my visit to Nigeria (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi When I began these reflections last week, I said they would straddle the entire spectrum from the sublime to the rid...
Reflections on my visit to Nigeria (I)
By Farooq A. Kperogi I was in Nigeria from May to August this year to take a well-deserved escape from the ever-present stress and strain...
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