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Barack Obama, Kenya's "Son of the Soil"
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by Karen Hatter | November 5, 2008 at 04:57 am
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On the evening of November 4, 2008, as the United States of America celebrated the election of its first African American president, thousands of miles away, in the ancestral home of President Elect Barack Hussein Obama Jr.'s father, his victory was also celebrated by the citizens of Kenya, including the declaration of a national holiday by Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, to be observed on Thursday, November 6, in his honor.
From MSNBC:
Across Africa — where Obama is wildly popular — people stayed up all night or woke before dawn Wednesday to watch the U.S. election results roll in. In the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, people chanted “Obama! Obama!” as the results were announced on television. “He’s in!” said Rachel Ndimu, 23, a business student who joined hundreds of others at the residence of the U.S. ambassador for an election party that began at 5 a.m. “I think this is awesome, and the whole world is backing him.”Click here to read the original article.
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at 05:04 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
(I've been playing a certain Fela Kuti track this morning, by the way)
at 06:04 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:41 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:59 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 07:24 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:23 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:23 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, it's amazing the outpouring of emotion all over the world for this man.
at 08:24 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, what a great idea.
at 08:52 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:26 on November 5th, 2008
Well done with this.
at 09:31 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 10:27 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, this is a fantastic time for America. And elsewhere!
Well done to you again for your comprehensive coverage on the lead up to the election. You are to be commended. :)
at 10:31 on November 5th, 2008
Here's some news from Kenya this morning:
Source: africanews.com
Two streets were also named after him.
at 10:37 on November 5th, 2008
Aw man! That's fantastic!
at 15:45 on November 5th, 2008
I realized I never GSed this! Great article!
at 16:56 on November 5th, 2008
THIS IS AN AWESOME THING!
YES, WE CAN
AND YES, WE DID!
Mary Neal
http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com
at 16:58 on November 5th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Excellent article, as usual, Karen!
Mary