Obama and Kenya : contested histories and the politics of belonging /
Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo
- xvi, 265 pages
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- Ohio University research in international studies, global and comparative studies series ; no. 15 .
- Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 15 .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Open Access Electronic Book
Barack Obama's political ascendancy has focused worldwide attention on Kenya. Carotenuto and Luongo argue that efforts to cast Obama as a "son of the soil" of the Lake Victoria basin invite insights into the politicized uses of Kenya's past
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Obama, Barack--Family.
Group identity--Kenya.
United States--Relations--Kenya. Kenya--Relations--United States. United States--Politics and government--2009-2017. Kenya--Politics and government--2002-