Selected Publications, Interviews and Media coverage

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The most comprehensive record of my activities, publications, and work can be found in my BROOKLYN COLLEGE FACULTY PROFILE


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

In 2013 I edited Contesting the Nigerian StateContesting the Nigerian State Civil Society and the Contradictions of Self-Organizatian NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan, and

State Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in NigeriaState Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in Nigeria NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 

In 2012, With Olufemi Vaughan, I edited Transnational Africa and GlobalizationTransnational Africa and Globalization NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan, and

West African MigrationsWest African Migrations: Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century NY and London: Palgrave-Macmillan.

All four books are listed at Palgrave-Macmillan's UK website and all four covers were designed by Stephen Folaranmi 


Also in 2013 I edited a book with Afia Serwaa Zakiya. This is my only book published in Nigeria thus far: Women's Political Participation in Nigeria 2007 General Elections Ibadan, Nigeria: Bookbuilders.  I designed this book cover myself. Chris Bankole, BookBuilders' publisher modified it.

 My first book, A Sapped Democracy: The Political Economy of the Structural Adjustment Program and the Political Transition in Nigeria (1983-1993) was published by University Press of America in 1998.  I hope to publish an update in Nigeria very soon.

Some of my books and book chapters on the internet (selected sites)

 The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation  Africans in Global Migration: Searching for Promised Lands  African Immigrant Religions in America  Gendering the African Diaspora: Women, Culture, and Historical Change in the Caribbean and Nigerian Hinterland (Blacks in the Diaspora)
on Amazon

Amazon.ca

Amazon.co.uk

Books on Amazon.de

Bokus.com also carries my books

My books on Bookdepository.com

Are you in India? You can also find my books and book chapters on Amazon.in

49thShelf.com has Transnational Africa and Globalization and West African Migrations: Global Pathways into a New Millennium, the two 2012 books I co-edited with Olufemi Vaughan, Geoffrey Canada Professor of Africana Studies & History at Bowdoin College

 Waterstones.com also carries a few of my books


Some of my books and book chapters on Barnes and Noble


Contesting the Nigerian State: Civil Society and the Contradictions of Self-Organization  State Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in Nigeria  West African Migrations: Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century  Transnational Africa and Globalization  A Sapped Democracy: The Political Economy of the Structural Adjustment Program and the Political Transition in Nigeria, 1983-1993 

Diasporas and Development  Africans in Global Migration: Searching for Promised Lands The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation  Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria
Some of my books and book chapters are listed in WorldCat's public access portal, but more can be found in institutional library databases

Articles and Book Chapters

You can access a few downloadable copies of a couple of my most recent book chapters, articles and a couple of presentations on Academia.edu
Academia.Edu/MojubaoluOlufunkeOkome

You can also access some of my papers on 
Mendeley

GOOGLEBOOKS.COM

Snippets of Transnational Africa and Globalization edited with Olufemi Vaughan

Snippets of West African Migration: Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century

There are snippets of my "African Immigrant Churches and the New Christian Right" Chapter 12 in African Immigrant Religions in America edited by Jacob Olupona, Regina Gemignani NYU Press, 2007 

You can access snippets of my "The Nature of the State: Gender Politics and the Empowerment of Women in the 21st Century, Chapter 5 in Nigeria in the Twenty-first Century: Strategies for Political Stability and  Peaceful Coexistence edited by Emmanuel Ike Udogu Africa World Press, 2005


CITATIONS OF MY WORK on Googlebooks.com
Martine Raibaud, Micéala Symington, Ionut Unte, Eds. Cultures in Movement Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015

Akintunde E. Akinade Creativity and Change in Nigerian Christianity African Books Collective, 2010

Mike Loutzenhiser The Role of the Indigenous African Psyche in the Evolution of Human Consciousness iUniverse, 2008 

Sanjeev Mahajan Globalization and Social Change Lotus Press, 2006




Journal 


I founded and edit Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration, a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of African migration and immigration to other parts of the world.  According to WorldCat, it's carried in over 300 libraries worldwide. In the spirit of Open Access, its provided entirely free of charge.  My son Muoyo Okome was my first webmaster. Stephen Folaranmi assisted with updating the journal's logo

 I co-founded and co-edited Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies until 2010. My son, Muoyo Okome designed the journal logo while a student at Hunter College High School

HONORS

Honored to have received Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship this year. I'm engaged in a curriculum development project with Prof. Adigun Agbaje of the Political Science Department at the University of Ibadan (UI). We also have a faculty publication mentoring program that will help increase the volume and quality of publications for faculty in the Social Sciences at UI.

INTERVIEWS and PRESENTATIONS

I have a YouTube Channel

My playlists on Youtube

Some of the interviews I've done can be accessed on Youtube. However, there are also more videos from the websites of media that interviewed me. Do consider watching them as well.

 Here is a YouTube video: Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Implications for West Africans on both sides of the Atlantic 

 The West African Research Association (WARA) sponsored roundtable on "US Immigration Reform: Implications for West Africans on Both Sides of the Atlantic" at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA) Friday, November 22, 2013, from  4:45-6:30pm in Harborside Ballroom, Waterfront Marriott, Baltimore, MD.

Participants:
Chair: Louise Badiane, Bridgewater State University
Zain Abdullah, Temple University
Emira Wood, Institute for Policy Studies
Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Moderator: Ndimyake Mwakalyelye, VOA Broadcast journalist; Africa expert


The video was recorded by students from Morgan State University


OTHER MEDIA COVERAGE

ON #CHIBOKGIRLS

PBS NEWSHOUR


CUNY TV


#BringBackOurGirls One Year Later

INDEPENDENT SOURCES

ARISE NEWS


Interviewed on Arise Review Sunday, April 12 by Julian Philips on the 1-year anniversary of our #Chibok girls' abduction.  ! was also interviewed about the 2015 Nigerian Governorship elections Arise Review. Gele due to going to Church right after. Thanks to my niece, Yewande for making it possible not to have a bad gele day. Wish there would be more time for these interviews!

Interviews on 2015 Nigerian Elections and abducted Chibok Girls

Published on Mar 29, 2015
Prof. Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome joins Adeola Fayehun in studio to discuss Nigerians' hopes for the election proceedings.

#NIGERIADECIDES 2015 with Prof. Mojubaolu Okome


Talking about #ChibokGirls with Adeola Fayehun on Sahara Reporters
Here above I'd just returned from Nigeria in January and was interviewed about the election postponement and our #ChibokGirls by Adeola Fayehun

 International Business Times on Sahara Reporters

 Chibok Girls Anniversary: Hundreds Gather In New York To Support #BringBackOurGirls [PHOTOS]



No Justice For #Chibokgirls After One Year, According To Activists In New York

#BringBackOurGirls: Singer Alicia Keys Leads Rally To Mark 6-Months Anniversary

www.360 Nobs
#BringBackOurGirls: Empire State Building To Light Up For #ChibokGirls

www.VOANews.com
New Yorkers Rally for Return of Nigerian Girls





2015 NIGERIAN ELECTIONS

www.Saharareporters.com


Global Information Network
Former military man declares victory in Nigerian polls

NY City Lens
Hope, Wrapped In Skepticism: Nigerians React to the Big Election

INTER PRESS SERVICE
Outrage Widens in Nigeria over Postponement of Election

www.Leadership.ng
Here I just commented on the news and responded to others.
Mu’azu, Anyim Escape As Tan Campaign Stage Collapses

Independent Sources on CUNY TV



US RACE RELATIONS

Hundreds gather at Bay Ridge rally point for the 'We Will Not Go Back' rally and march

SOCIAL MEDIA

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER


FRIEND ME ON FACEBOOK


I'VE BECOME FAIRLY ACTIVE ON LINKEDIN


I'M ON GOOGLE+

To be continued...

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