Ojogbon Globalization

I was invited by the  Lagos Chapter of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign to join them at  the  Marina Waterfront on  Saturday, 23rd May 2015, from 11 am to 2 pm. We began with a meeting to  discuss what we would like to see  the incoming government do about our Chibok Girls.  Several suggestions were made, which will be harmonized with those of other BBOG groups and shared with the public in due time.   I  spoke at 12 noon.  We were blessed with lots of rain from start to finish.  There was also a fuel scarcity that must have prevented many people from coming. However, it was inspiring and wonderful to be in the midst of such a committed, tenacious, socially committed fellow citizens.    The rain was so much that I abandoned my ipad, which had my prepared talk, and I ad libbed.  Here below is the talk, which has a lot of ideas that I'd previously expressed, an indicator of my unrelenting stand.  It...

I  almost decided to take a break today, just to celebrate the receipt of the advance copies of one of the two books co-edited with Olufemi Vaughan, Geoffrey Canada Professor at Bowdoin College, Maine.  The book:  Transnational Africa and Globalization .  NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.  The project began many years ago.  It's great to have brought it to fruition.  The table of contents is as follows:   Chapter 1:  Transnational Africa and Globalization: Introduction; Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome  & Olufemi Vaughan   Chapter 2:  Africa, Transnationalism & Globalization: An Overview; Olufemi Vaughan   Chapter 3:  Black Internationalism and Transnational Africa; Rod Bush   Chapter 4:  What About the Reciprocity? Pan-Africanism and the Promise of Global Development; Mora McLean   Chapter 5:  Transnational Africa: Un-Pledging Allegiance: The US Nation Must Make the African Connection; Me...