{"id":264488,"date":"2016-11-03T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=264488"},"modified":"2016-11-03T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:00:26","slug":"author-of-afroncentric-obama-to-hold-book-reading-event-at-gij","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/author-of-afroncentric-obama-to-hold-book-reading-event-at-gij\/","title":{"rendered":"Author of &#8216;Afroncentric Obama&#8217; to hold book reading event at GIJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author of &#8216;The\u00a0Afrocentric Obama and Lessons on Political Campaigning&#8217; book,\u00a0Dr Etse Sikanku will this Friday, November 4, 2016 hold a book reading ceremony at the Ghana Institution of Journalism (GIJ) in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The event which is aimed at inculcating the habit of reading among Ghanaians will be held at 2pm\u00a0\u00a0at the Forecourt of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The event will also be followed with a book sale and signing ceremony at the same place on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 12 noon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-264491 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1a37c7ed-8ed9-40ba-b22e-5ab485976450.jpg\" alt=\"1a37c7ed-8ed9-40ba-b22e-5ab485976450\" width=\"713\" height=\"713\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Afrocentric Obama and lessons on political campaigning\u2019 was launched at the British Council in Ghana on October 8, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The book presents President of America, Barack Obama from an African perspective and how it helped him break through on the political tarrain.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sikanku in his book explained how Obama&#8217;s African roots also played a very critical role in his success story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-264489 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/3d9d4716-f8bd-4e8b-ac55-fc18c33204b2-e1478105484241.jpg\" alt=\"3d9d4716-f8bd-4e8b-ac55-fc18c33204b2\" width=\"582\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The book also presents an\u00a0Afrocentric guide to President Obama and further analyses Obama&#8217;s philosophical and theoretical impulses from a fresh and less-examined viewpoint, the Afrocentric framework.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author of &#8216;The\u00a0Afrocentric Obama and Lessons on Political Campaigning&#8217; book,\u00a0Dr Etse Sikanku will this Friday, November 4, 2016 hold a book reading ceremony at the Ghana Institution of Journalism (GIJ) in Accra. 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