John M FobanjongJohn Fobanjong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Adjunct Professor at the United States Naval War College. He teaches courses in civil rights, public administration, international relations, comparatie politics and Governance and Economics in Africa. He has published three university textbooks, including Understanding the Backlash Against Affirmative Action (2001); The Life, Thought, and Legacy of Cape Verde's Freedom Fighter Amilcar Cabral 1924-1973: Essays on His Liberation Philosophy (2006), and Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics (2005). Professor Fobanjong served as Director of the African and African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from 2000 to 2005, and as a United States Fulbright Scholar from 2009 to 2010. In 2014, he received the U.S. State Department's International Speakers' Bureau Award and was a Keynote Speaker at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Cape Verde. Read More Read Less