The Obama phenomenon : change we can! : essays and poetry by Black critics and creative artists / edited by Femi Ojo-Ade.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ojo-Ade, Femi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack--Influence.

Obama, Barack.

Obama, Barack--Public opinion.

Presidents--United States--Election--2008.

Presidents.

Public opinion.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xx, 348 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2011]

Contents:

Obama and the promised step : reflections of a young American / Rashidah A.H. Bahar

Obama : the African American who laughs but does not play / Adrien Pouille

To be young, gifted, and Black : Barack Obama's testament to Nina Simone's precious dream / Sheena Washington

Barack Obama : dream and reality / Marius S. Anagonou

Barack Obama : beyond, between, betwixt and parting the deep blue red sea / Melise D. Huggins

Yes we can! ensure African American success in the public education system / Oscar Brathwaite

Postmodern identity : Blackness and the making of President Obama / Mawuena Logan

"Got to speak" : Rosa Parks and Obama's language / Maria de Lourdes Teodoro

From plantation to the presidency / Walter W. Hill

Self-actualization by proxy : an African immigrant's views on Obama's apotheosis / Olatunde O. Olusesi

In search of a millennial change : France and the Obama phenomenon / John Rex Gadzekpo

Barack Obama : contingencies, conjunctures, and conjectures / Lansana Keita

Neither Black nor White enough : Obama as a forerunner of the multicultural leader / Oluropo Sekoni

Barack Obama and the promethean burden / Ade Kukoyi

Obama's Dreams from my father : at the crossroads of color, culture, history, and heritage / Femi Ojo-Ade

Obama (poem) / Niyi Osundare.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1592217591

9781592217595

1592217605

9781592217601

OCLC:

650791284