Descripción
| Sumario: | Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions to Obama's roots in Kenya -- The politics of celebration: ethnic grandeur and Obama's heroic embrace -- Political violence and history at the ballot box -- Obama for Africa or Africans for Obama? -- Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: we are together.
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780896804920 |
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