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The Standard, Kenya
'My Life with Obama Senior'
"He asked to dance with me during a party and I couldn't turn him down. He picked me out of several girls that were there. A few days later, I married him ... He paid 14 cows as dowry for me, which were delivered in two batches. That was because he loved me so greatly."
-- Grace Keziah Obama, First Wife of Barack Obama Sr.
By John Oywa
November 11, 2008
Kenya - The Standard - Original Article (English)
On the day that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and and his wife Michelle were treated to a visit to the White House, Obamas stepmother broke her silence on life with the Senators father.
Grace Keziah Obama, 67, who now lives in Bracknell, U.K., but who is currently visiting the rest of the family in Kogelo [Kenya], says her late husband - who also known as Barack Obama - was a loving man with a taste for the good things in life. She says he also spoke his mind and liked the truth.
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Roderick James Nugent Stewart (born 1973) [1]is a British academic, broadcaster, writer, and former diplomat and politician. He has taught at Harvard University and at Yale University, where he is the Brady-Johnson Professor of the Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs.[2]
Stewart served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Penrith and The Border between 2010 and 2019, representing the Conservative Party. Stewart served in the UK Government as Minister of State for Environment (2015–16), International Development (2015–16), Africa (2016–18) and Prisons (2018–19) and then as sekreterare of State for International Development (2019). In 2019, Stewart stood for Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister following the resignation of Theresa Ma
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The Barack Obama Phenomenon T he Journal of Black Studies is proud to publish this special issue on the Barack Obama phenomenon. Given Obama's apparent and rapid success in positioning himself as a viable and credible candidate for the presidency of the United States, the editors of the journal feel that Obama's quest for the White House provide scholars with a unique opportunity and lens to examine or reexamine race, arguably the most significant category in American society. It is certainly intriguing that Obama, a visibly Black man, should have garnered so much political support from White citizens and in a country known for its deeply embedded racist traditions. Indeed, according to recent surveys, increasing numbers of White voters have rallied around Obama's candidacy. Furthermore, Obama is also benefiting from the endorsement of finan