Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - A Small Opening for Hope in the World--todays refugees are tomorrow's leaders

This is how duplicitous  hypocritical  democracies work. They occasionally open the door for tokens, in order to have a showpiece, and oppress their minorities within. Australia throws its Black minorities in jail and oppresses them in a zillion ways. Many die there from police brutality. New Zealand is no bed of roses for the Maori indigenous population judging from the rate of incarceration  of that community, and systematic discrimination. 

Anyway, congrats to Umar for his courage.

Gloria Emeagwali 

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On Nov 27, 2020, at 20:35, 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:



What a heart-lifting story! Umar would probably have been denied the opportunity for leadership  in Eritrea, his natal home, lived and died in a refugee camp. His reads like the story of theBiblical Joseph, sold as a slave but also became the Prime Minister in the same foreign land, where he was a slave. Congratulations are in order, PM Umar. With your story, there is hope for Africa in the Diaspora. Thanks for sharing the good news, Dr. Checole!

MOA

On Friday, November 27, 2020, 10:54:10 PM GMT+1, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

 

 

From: Kassahun Checole <kchecole@awprsp.com>

Dear friends:

 

Dear friends:

 

At a time when my birth place is surrounded by another horrible stench of death and destruction, I hear the words of my countryman from New Zealand, who became the first African PM in his adopted land.

 

Please listen to the inaugural speech of PM Ibrahim Omer.

 

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7xqhy9

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/new-zealandsfirst-african-mp-ibrahim-omer-eritrea-maiden-speech-tears?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Thank you Mohamed Umar and Ama Biney for bringing this to my attention.

Kassahun Checole, Publisher

Africa World Press, Inc. &

The Red Sea Press, Inc.

541 W. Ingham Avenue, Suite B

Trenton, NJ 08638

609-695-3200

609-695-6466 (Fax)

kchecole@awprsp.com

www.africaworldpressbooks.com

facebook.com/africaworldpress

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