Edwin Okong’o is a Kenyan-born writer, journalist, humorist and satirist. He is an editor at New America Media, the largest news service and coalition of ethnic media in the United States. He holds a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.  Okong’o is also a reporter for FRONTLINE/World, where he won a 2009 People’s Voice Webby Award for his documentary, Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama.  For more of his commentary visit his blog, Our Man in America.