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The Tank Man

Lessons From The Unknown Rebel- The 'Tank Man'

by Neba-Fuh

June 5 2009 marks 20years since the world witnessed the greatest ever public individual defiance by any human being. The setting : Tiananmen Square, Beijing China. The event: Demonstrations by Students and workers denouncing Communism and calling for greater freedom and democracy. The Year:1989. Star Protester:  The "Tank Man".

Obama Makes History

By Neba-Fuh

Tears of legendary civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson and the beams of smile of Oprah Winfred and others amidst a thunderous crowd of more than 250.000 people in Chicago, USA , and the rest of the world, culminated to salute  History.

A skinny black young man with a funny name,  married to a  girl of slave descent(as he describes himself) with two beautiful daughters, has defiled all odds to attain the apex of world power.

McCain 'Campaigns' For Obama As Voting Day Approaches

By Neba-Fuh

The US Republican Presidential hopeful Senator McCain John's recent economic utterances and arguments aimed at slowing  down the momentum his rival the Democratic hopeful Senator Obama Barack has gathered, may instead  be luring low income Republicans towards voting for Obama.
At this time when America is facing the greatest down plunge of any great economy in history, military heroism and experience will not be the main factors that will decide the outcome of this  election.

Obama Becomes First African American To Be Officially Nominated As Democratic Presidential Candidate

Barack Hussien Obama, an African American and a Junior Senator of  The United States Senate has officially accepted the nomination as  the Democratic Presidential candidate during the upcoming  November Presidential elections, infront of a more than 75.000 people who answered present at the magneficient Invesco Stadium in Denver.

He did so in a soul-searching political speech that highlighted his differences in policies with that of the Republican contender, Senator John McCain.

This speech coincided with the famous " I have A Dream" speech delivered 45 years ago by Civil Rights Activist , late Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Below is the full text of the speech culled from cnn.com

We Are Back In This Same System Of Things

By Neba-Fuh

Three weeks vacation is only good for physical relaxation, but not enough for mental retreat, especially in this same system of things, where the status quo can't tame the willing mind to obtain a genuine rest.

Obamism and The Dream Syndrome

By Neba-Fuh

Barack Hussien Obama has just obtained the Democratic nomination to run for the post of President of the United States of America. He has a probability of one half to make history as the first man of African descent to become President of the USA.

The news of his nomination hit the world's airwaves like a firestorm. The euphoria was record breaking, the excitement was unstoppable all around the world. Some people even forgot that this was just a nomination and he has to face off with the old war veteran, John McCain of the Republican party.

Africa joined in the euphoria and excitement on the anticipation of seeing one of theirs in the White House. From Nairobi- Kenya to Yaounde- Cameroon, from Harare-Zimbabwe to Khartoum-Sudan, the news was palatable. The news must have first broken out to the upper classes in these countries. Those who could afford cable TV. Among these classes are Africa's dreaded dictators. They too joined in the celebration and anticipation.  How can we not be excited to see a son of direct African paternal parentage vie for the topmost post in the world? Why should African rulers not be excited about it?

    

Obama Triumphs!

US Elections: Barack Obama wins Democratic nomination for President

(culled from www.guardian.co.uk)

Barack Obama has made history by beating Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination and becoming the first African-American with a viable chance of winning the White House.

Obama's victory effectively brought to an end Clinton's bid to become the first US female president.

It also confirms Obama's reputation as a political giant-slayer, who after less than four years in the US Senate brought down the couple credited with creating the Democrats' most powerful political machine.

Obama will now face the Republican John McCain for the prize of the presidency in the November 4 general election.

A Black Man In A White House?

By Neba-Fuh

To be indifferent to the American presidential election is to be indifferent to the future of the world. Whether you love the U S   or not, is immaterial. The fact is that US must affect you wherever you are in this world. The land of opportunities,The world's biggest economy, the world's greatest military might, the world's...., the world's... etc.

The 2008 presidential election in the US is an epoch of this century. There is a possibility that a black man will  move  into The  White House. There is also another possibility that a woman will be the Commander-in- Chief of the World's most sophisticated army.

Since America's more than 200years of independence, neither a black man nor a woman has ever been the President of that country. But what makes it even exciting is that this time the black man is of  African descent specifically from Kenya.

Senator Barack Hussien Obama will make history by becoming the first black man of African descent to reach the apex of the world's only, but 'dwindling' superpower.