Obama can make Gandhi prophecy on peace true

By Ali A Mazrui

Two striking predictions were made about black people in the twentieth century: Robert F Kennedy foresaw that the United States would elect a black President within 40 years. He made this prediction in an interview with the Voice of America in 1968, the year of his own assassination. The election of Barack Obama to the US Presidency in 2008 has fulfilled Kennedy’s prophecy beyond the wildest expectations.