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Tokunbo Awoshakin

Tokunbo Awoshakin

Tokunbo is a widely traveled journalist and public affairs commentator. The pioneer Washington, D.C. bureau Chief of Thisday and The Anchor Newspapers, Awoshakin uses his cross-sectional experience in media, education and communication to address the issues of community participation in policy making and the political and civil empowerment of minorities and minority organizations. He holds a combined degree in English and Education from the University of Lagos. He also holds an MA in Security, Conflict resolution and International Development and post-graduate certifications in journalism , organizational communication and computer applications. He is a Katherine W.Fanning Fellow in International Journalism and Democracy and a research contractor with the Kettering Foundation. Tokunbo is a journalist trainer, and trained mediator.

  • Acts of Violence

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin May 2, 2002
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    In Nigeria, poverty contributes to violence and violence in turn fuels poverty…

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  • Christmas In March

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin March 21, 2002
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    In the first week of March, a kind of holiday because of the Magdalena festival, the people of Spain devote time to their favorite leisure activities: eating, drinking, dancing, resting …

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  • U.S. Cracks Down on Immigrants

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin March 10, 2002
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    Hundreds have been arrested and now face the possibility of jail time and deportation. Many are currently in detention for allegedly using some form of false identification to obtain their …

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  • Of Slaves and Masters

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin January 29, 2002
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    Maybe there is the need to make immigration laws less friendly for those without any form of education or skill, like these uneducated girls and ladies, whose only means of …

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  • Odighizuwa: He Didn't Have His Medication

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin January 29, 2002
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    Perhaps prior to the Odighizuwa case, only a few people bother about the thousands of immigrants that end up in the different inner cities in America; in county, state and …

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  • The Flip Side of the Cicero Murder

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin December 29, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    Who is Bola Ige, Why was he killed, Who could have killed him and What does this portend for security and Democracy in Nigeria?

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  • Christmas in America

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin December 23, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    At Christmas time, environmental concerns about tree cutting pales into insignificance in most American cities…

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  • Moslem in America

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin December 5, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    The anti-American protest in kano which was brought in vivid colour to American sitting rooms as well as the fact that the Nigerian Ambassador to America is also a Muslim …

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  • The Rebirth of Biafra

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin November 15, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    The Biafra actualisation Forum is made up of Igbos in exile in America who put their time, money and energy into the project of actualising the Biafra Nation. The are …

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  • Femi Kuti and the Rocking of D.C.

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin November 11, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    Femi Kuti not only attacked the Nigerian Government and warned of a fast approaching civil war, he also lambasted western democracies for turning a blind eye on corruption in African …

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  • Obasanjo, Terrorism and Nigerian Democracy

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin October 21, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    A fortnight ago in Washington D.C., just a few blocks away from the Nigerian Embassy here, a Biafran house was opened, the Biafran flag was hoisted and the Biafran national …

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  • How Do You Live With Fear?

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin October 11, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    Americans and indeed people of other nationalities living in different cities across America are afraid. We are all still locked in an inner struggle between our rational and usual way …

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  • Special Report: A Nightmare so Real…

    by Tokunbo Awoshakin September 25, 2001
    by Tokunbo Awoshakin

    How impregnable is America, really?

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