Ojogbon Globalization

“Cherish freedom, nurture democracy” (paraphrase from President Buhari's inauguration speech) The high point of President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaugural speech for me was his focus on the rescue of the #ChibokGirls as a priority.  Of course, to do so, and to ensure the security of embattled Nigerians in the Northeast, he also has to defeat Boko Haram, and this too was identified as a priority.  The dismal state of our country’s economy has to matter to any government that has Nigeria’s interest at heart, and I’m happy that our new President has prioritized this as well.  The fuel and power crises, the grand decrepitude of our infrastructure, rampant, intractable unemployment and underemployment and all the focal areas that were emphasized as important are indeed worth prioritizing and tackling with passion, focus, tenacity, skills and imagination.  For identifying all these objectives, I thank our new President.  I remain firm in my conviction however that th...

The most comprehensive record of my activities, publications, and work can be found in my   BROOKLYN COLLEGE FACULTY PROFILE PUBLICATIONS BOOKS In 2013  I edited  Contesting the Nigerian State Civil Society and the Contradictions of Self-Organizati an NY and  London: Palgrave-Macmillan, and State Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in Nigeria  NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan,  In  2012,  With Olufemi Vaughan, I edited  Transnational Africa and Globalization NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan, and West African Migrations: Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan. All four books are listed at Palgrave-Macmillan's UK website  and all four covers were designed by  Stephen Folaranmi   Also in 2013 I edited a book with Afia Serwaa Zakiya. This is my only book published in Nigeria thus far:  Women's Political Participation in Nigeria 2007 Gener...