Obama and Kenya : contested histories and the politics of belongi ng / Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo.
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TextSeries: Ohio University research in international studies, global and compar ative studies series ; no. 15Athens : Ohio University Press, 2016Description: xvi, 240 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780896802995 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780896803008 (pb : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representat ions 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 rig ht'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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