African News Headline: KENYAN-BORN OBAMA MAKES HISTORY!

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"Kenyan-born Obama makes history..."

Obama turns the page of America's history with 2008 nomination

By CHIDO NWANGWU.

Special to USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston, USAfricaonline.com and CLASS magazine and The Black Business Journal

Today, the historic dateline of Tuesday June 3, 2008 has become etched in the collective history of mankind as a worthy milestone. "Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another-- a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. Because of you, tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States." With those soaring words, the history of this day continues to resonate all over the world as Senator Barack Obama, the savvy, hardworking son of a Kenyan immigrant and White mother, shattered the iron-gates of what seemed culturally and politically impossible.

He did it by creating the most cross-ethnic and trans-generational coalition in the history of American politics; indeed of any modern society. He did it by resolutely and clearly defeating his hard-charging, relentless opponent, former American First Lady New York Senator Hillary Clinton and the entire bare-knuckle Clinton machine for the Democratic nomination to become the first African American with a credible, viable and realistic chance of winning the presidency of the United States.

On June 3, 2008, Obama won convincingly past the "magic number" of 2,118 delegates. With only 3 years in the U.S Senate, Obama's thunderbolt rise seems almost metaphysical and a remarkably unique political moment in America. The 46-year old former assistant professor of law soared in speech, again, after the superdelegates and June 3 votes shuttered Clinton's incredible week of the collapse of her efforts. "You chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears, but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations," Obama told teeming supporters at a rally in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In ways and means almost reflecting the harmonization of the political, financial and strategic elements of presidential quests, Obama has already started writing and turning the pages of America's history. After all, did he not enthrall millions with the political theology and chant of making the seemingly impossible altogether possible: yes, we can! Only in America!!

Chido Nwangwu is Founder and Publisher of Houston-based USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com (assessed by The New York Times as the most influential African-owned, U.S-based multimedia networks), CLASSmagazine, PhotoWorks.TV, and several blogs

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