A Republican Nigerian

I got to interview my person for the project today and I have to say that by the time it ended I was sad. I was a little nervous at first just cause I was thinking that the questions that I had were...well stupid. However, after the first question I only had to refer to the questions I had once. He had ssssoooo many wonderful things to say, but as the last democratic primaries are about to begin...I can't help but think about something he said. I began to ask him his feelings about the disconnect between Africans and African-Americans (I'm not going to go into full detail about his answer, cause I'm gonna save that for Tues. but we began talking about Obama.) I asked him if he felt that this disconnect that we have within our community start to repair itself if Obama was president and his answer was pretty much yes. He then began to explain the fact that he was a republican (and I have to admit I thought I would never met a Nigerian Republican), he was once a democrat but felt that he agreed more with republican ideas. But he feels that Obama is that fresh change that we need, not only America but black people as well. He said that by having a black person in charge of the country can only help heal alot of the racist overtones. He then followed by talking about Morracco and Japan. Morracco's king married a black woman and it forced the racisim to leave. You no longer hear about race struggles because the king was not going to allow it. And same goes for the Japanese, they banded together and disbanded the prejuice they endured. As he was talking I couldn't help but notice this child-like air about him as he talked about the hope of future and how it can change with Obama.