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Title: | Africa in the age of Obama |
Authors: | Faulkingham, Ralph Goheen, Mitzi |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review (ISSN 1555-2462) |
Volume: | 53 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 1-21 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa United States |
Subjects: | international relations foreign policy |
About person: | Barack Husein Obama (1961-) |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/african_studies_review/v053/53.2.faulkingham.pdf |
Abstract: | One year after Obama's election as the 44th President of the United States, the African Studies Association organized a plenary session at the 2009 annual meeting in New Orleans to consider the implications of the Obama presidency for Africa. Three panelists at that session contributed summaries of their papers to this ASR Forum. Bereket Habte Selassie notes the historic and symbolic significance of electing a person of African descent to the American presidency. He asks if Africans can expect substantive changes in US-African policies, given the nature and structure of American politics and society. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja argues that, while Africans should take pride in having a person of African descent in the White House, they should have no illusions concerning how much President Obama can do for Africa. American priorities are not African priorities. David S. Wiley focuses on the change in African attitudes and expectations resulting from Obama's election and offers good news concerning work on African issues in multilateral areas. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |