Obama in exile

Dr. Diol Bokier

by Daniel Brice


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 15/11/2011

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 196
ISBN : 9781467039055

About the Book

Obama in exile is the first novel of the series of seven books entitled Children of the 21st century, a comparative study of nuclear societies. It is an attempt to analyze the behavior of American, African-Americans and the world toward the first African American president of the United State. The theme exile is both symbolic and literal. In this sense the author asserts that Obama is in exile in America, where he is limited in his actions; and his failure to follow the agenda of the status quo caused him to go into exile in Africa. The author sees this exile as a form of liberation for Obama, because in Africa, he will, at least, have less stress to accomplish great deeds in the African world that lies in despair. Obama in exile is, by all means, the tale of the tales about the clash of classes between dictators and the people, parents and their children, negritude and white supremacy and, above all, the army and the civil leaders to control human minds, earthly goods and its space.


About the Author

Daniel Brice is born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1970. He came to the United States in 2000 and received political asylum before becoming a US citizen, 10 years later. He went to Port-au-Prince twice, in the middle of the quake that has ravaged his native land, Haiti, on January 12, 2010; to rescue family members and friends. And he was able to move at least 25 family members and friends from affected areas of Port-au-Prince to the Dominican Republic. Daniel Brice is a novelist, a bilingual writer. As a whole, he is a storyteller who can laugh with the laughter and cry with the sorrowful soul to reflect on ways to defend our society’s values in route to extinction. He was awarded a scholarship at the University of Alabama where he received a Master’s degree in French Literature and Linguistics. Upon returning from his trip to Haiti, he was depressed and hopeless when his cancerous mother, his source of inspiration, died in a hospital in Alabama, USA upon his return from Haiti, on February 2010. He could not focus in school and did not drop out either, despite losing his scholarship right after these events. But he was so motivated; he went back to school the next day of his mother passing, just to keep up the promise he has made to her, which is to graduate and to get a better job to support family members in Haiti. He did graduate by taking Federal loans and receiving some supports from friends. Since the University of Alabama was three hours away from Huntsville, he could not drive back and forth and could not afford either to rent a second home. So he left his wife and children in Huntsville; and for the two years that he was enrolled at UA, he spent the night sleeping in his broken 2000 Ford Windstar van. At the end, it was rewarding, because he was able to graduate in December 2011 with a Master's degree. Despite in 2007, he obtained a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Bellevue University and in 2004 a Bachelor’s degree in Ministerial Theology with a minor in Biblical languages, from Oakwood University, he could not find a job. Believing in writing Mr. Brice is the author of Obama in exile and Haiti in the lions' den, which are the first two of a series of seven fiction books that he calls Children of the 21st Century, a Comparative Study of Nuclear Societies. Obama in exile is an attempt to analyze the behavior of American, African-Americans and the world toward the first African American president of the United State. The theme exile is both symbolic and literal. In this sense the author asserts that Obama is in exile in America, where he is limited in his actions; and his failure to follow the agenda of the status quo caused him to go into exile in Africa. The author sees this exile as symbolizing a form of liberation for Obama, because in Africa, he will, at least, have less stress and more supports to accomplish great deeds in the African world that lies in despair. Obama in exile is, by all means, the tale of the tales about the clash of classes between dictators and the people, parents and their children, negritude and white supremacy and, above all, the army and the civil leaders to control human minds, earthly goods and its space. The second book, Haiti in the lions' den, explores the life and future of the Haitian survivors of the earthquake of January 12, 2010. The author measures the excesses of the leaders and NGOs that control the sociopoliticoéconomic stage in Haiti. This masterpiece presents a literary debate, an unmerciful battle between voodoo and its daring gods, the dictatorial government of Haiti and the quake survivors, the international and humanitarian organizations and the Haitian people and the Haitian Diaspora. The author narrates with tragicomedy the history of Haiti in the 21st century, foretelling how they will wake up after the quake to challenge the status quo of a dynamic nuclear world in order to build its own destiny. Copies available in English,/French