Comments on: Obama’s face of Africa that is too often overlooked. http://nigerianstalk.org/2009/07/26/obamas-face-of-africa-that-is-too-often-overlooked/ Are we listening? Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nogo http://nigerianstalk.org/2009/07/26/obamas-face-of-africa-that-is-too-often-overlooked/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Nogo Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:46:30 +0000 http://nigerianstalk.org/?p=207#comment-115 Great article Great article

]]> By: Beauty http://nigerianstalk.org/2009/07/26/obamas-face-of-africa-that-is-too-often-overlooked/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Beauty Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:05:01 +0000 http://nigerianstalk.org/?p=207#comment-108 During the US Presidential campaign, Tom Peters said of Obama, <em>"Will he fix world problems? Of course he does not know but he sure will try".</em> Rather than have a Bush1-Clinton-Bush2-McCain continuity, Obama sounded fresh and ready to take on the world. But the genius and sad reality of the American government is that nothing changes all that fast due to all the vested interests and interest groups that dominate Washington. The noise out of Africa as a result of zero clear progress after only 7 months of Obama confirmed my belief that people are looking for a miracle cure. I do not blame them. Why should the public be patient after decades of neglect? Again, <a href="../../../2008/11/21/2135240-dont-let-barack-obama-break-your-heart-by-tom-engelhardt" rel="nofollow">don't let Obama break your heart</a> is required reading. How do we educate people to understand that many of these problems will require years to solve, if they can be solved at all. The real challenge in one speech? During the US Presidential campaign, Tom Peters said of Obama, “Will he fix world problems? Of course he does not know but he sure will try”. Rather than have a Bush1-Clinton-Bush2-McCain continuity, Obama sounded fresh and ready to take on the world. But the genius and sad reality of the American government is that nothing changes all that fast due to all the vested interests and interest groups that dominate Washington.

The noise out of Africa as a result of zero clear progress after only 7 months of Obama confirmed my belief that people are looking for a miracle cure. I do not blame them. Why should the public be patient after decades of neglect? Again, don’t let Obama break your heart is required reading. How do we educate people to understand that many of these problems will require years to solve, if they can be solved at all. The real challenge in one speech?

]]> By: nneomanwachuku http://nigerianstalk.org/2009/07/26/obamas-face-of-africa-that-is-too-often-overlooked/comment-page-1/#comment-106 nneomanwachuku Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:48:25 +0000 http://nigerianstalk.org/?p=207#comment-106 From your piece, it seems like the tide has turned against Obama, or rather, Africans are starting to see him for who he is - an AMERICAN president. I also looked around the blogosphere for reactions to the speech, but failed to see some of the links you provided here. The perspective of other Africans, besides Nigerians, is refreshing. From your piece, it seems like the tide has turned against Obama, or rather, Africans are starting to see him for who he is — an AMERICAN president. I also looked around the blogosphere for reactions to the speech, but failed to see some of the links you provided here. The perspective of other Africans, besides Nigerians, is refreshing.

]]> By: Kola Tubosun http://nigerianstalk.org/2009/07/26/obamas-face-of-africa-that-is-too-often-overlooked/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Kola Tubosun Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:51:21 +0000 http://nigerianstalk.org/?p=207#comment-105 I like this. I like this.

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