Post by Onyango Oloo on Aug 3, 2015 12:42:34 GMT 3
Here is a snippet to tease you:
The meeting between Obama and Kenyatta had a subtext that ought to be examined in the interests of expanding our knowledge about human identities. Obama was not just another foreigner visitor but a legitimate Luo, a tribal rival of Kenyatta, a Kikuyu. Obama’s American identity is what
permitted him, different as his is from his predecessors, to assume the position of the President of the USA.
Had he chosen the Kenyan and African identities, it is not clear whether in his lifetime he could dream or let alone realise the dreams of his father, to be what African constitutions promise. The link between Kenyatta and his father is a direct one and so is the inheritance factor.
Now read the article in full:
www.newzimbabwe.com/columns-24023-Obama,+Kenyatta+Identity+and+nationalism/columns.aspx
The meeting between Obama and Kenyatta had a subtext that ought to be examined in the interests of expanding our knowledge about human identities. Obama was not just another foreigner visitor but a legitimate Luo, a tribal rival of Kenyatta, a Kikuyu. Obama’s American identity is what
permitted him, different as his is from his predecessors, to assume the position of the President of the USA.
Had he chosen the Kenyan and African identities, it is not clear whether in his lifetime he could dream or let alone realise the dreams of his father, to be what African constitutions promise. The link between Kenyatta and his father is a direct one and so is the inheritance factor.
Now read the article in full:
www.newzimbabwe.com/columns-24023-Obama,+Kenyatta+Identity+and+nationalism/columns.aspx