Edwin Okong'o

Edwin Okong'o is a Kenyan-born writer, journalist, humorist and satirist. He is an associate editor at New America Media and a reporter for Frontline/World. "Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama," a documentary he made on the 2008 U.S. presidential elections for the PBS program, was voted the People's Voice at the 2009 Webby Awards.

Okong'o is a regular contributor to New America Now, an ethnic media radio program of New America Media aired on various NPR stations. From July 2007 to July 2008, Okong'o was the editor in chief of Mshale, the Minneapolis-based newspaper for African immigrants. In 2008 Minnesota Monthly voted him Best of Twin Cities in the journalism category for his coverage of the African community. During the 2007 post-election violence in his home country, Okong'o was a resource for various news media including The New York Times, Al-Jazeera and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

To learn more about Edwin Okong’o, please visit http://www.ourmaninamerica.com/