Shhh... this is from the grapevine. Have you heard? They say President Barack Obama of the US will be coming to Africa on a five-nation tour this week. But he will not be coming to the ancestral home of one in every three Africans. It's his first visit to his mother continent as president of the most powerful nation on earth, but his tour will not take him to the giant of Africa and most populous black nation in the world.
Obama departs Friday June 19, on a 15-day tour that will take him not only to his father's homeland, Kenya, but also to South Africa, Congo, Djibouti and Sudan. Why not Nigeria? Is there something we are missing in this picture? Methinks this tells us how relevant we have become in the scheme of things around the world. Can you imagine Obama on such a tour to the Middle East without touching down in Saudi Arabia. Again maybe it is my oft reckless imagination, especially where political matters are concerned, that is again in overdrive here
Anyway, welcome, karibu, ukwemuleka, boyei bolamu, merhaba to Africa, Mr. Obama. Hope you are not offended that I can't find the ka 'abo, sannu da zuwa or nno, to usher you in here? Have a nice stay all the same.
Are you deriding the Nigerian project, Jibril? e no good o.
ReplyDeleteAr you saying we have lost our shine and relevance with the outside world?
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