Dr. Victor Oguejiofor Okafor is a Professor and Interim Head of African American Studies at Eastern Michigan University. Prior to joining Eastern in 1995, he served as an Assistant Professor and Director of African American Studies at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. A certified online course designer and instructor, Okafor has been designing and teaching online courses at Eastern Michigan University since 1999,. Okafor is widely published, and his works include Okafor, Victor. (2006). Towards an Understanding of Africology. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt. (Originally published in 2002); Okafor,Victor. (2006). A Roadmap for Understanding African Politics: Leadership and Political Integration in Nigeria. New York: Routledge; Okafor, V, and Adeleke, T. (Eds.). (2006). Studies in African American Leadership: Movements and Committees. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press; and Okafor, Victor. (forthcoming). Nigeria’s Stumbling Democracy and its Implications for the Democratic Movement in Africa. Praeger.