Ojogbon Globalization

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...

This paper was presented in a panel discussion in 2004, for a conference organized by women writers of African descent, "Yari Yari Pamberi: Conference of Black Women Writers from all over the Globe" (October 12-16).  The venue was New York University.  I was invited to participate by one of my aunties, Dr. Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr .   I was as usual, very much embroiled in the "busyness" of everyday life, but given that I love and respect Aunty Rashidah, I agreed--with trepidation.  Why trepidation?  I am not what an old, good friend calls a "Lit Crit", her shorthand for literary critic and creative writer.  The panel discussion was to center around " The cultural interaction and adjustments of writers in exile and writers who have immigrated to other locations. "  I felt therefore obliged to channel "Lit Crit" type energy and write a short story.  This is not a true story but a pure fictional treatment derived from imaginative stor...