Obamas in Africa

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July 2, 2013
VIDEO - President Obama's trip to South Africa has inspired an outpouring of creativity from the country's citizens -- including…
July 1, 2013
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Teeming crowds and blaring horns are welcoming President Barack Obama to Tanzania's largest city...
August 12, 2009
...her sister "hated" African American women because they try to take their men. I was stunned.
July 13, 2009
President Obama and family are back at the White House now, returning overnight from their week-long trip to Europe and
July 13, 2009
The Obama daughters will have plenty to write about in their “What did you do this summer?” essay. In Moscow,
July 11, 2009
Watch President Obama speak of his family's experience touring the slave dungeons of Cape Coast Castle. President Barack Obama said…
July 11, 2009
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- An American president who has "the blood of Africa within me" praised and scolded the continent…
July 10, 2009
President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. He landed soon after 9 p.m.…
July 10, 2009
In anticipation of Barack Obama’s arrival to Ghana today, theGrio reflects on former President Bill Clinton’s twelve-day tour of Africa
July 10, 2009
President Obama’s visit to Africa is the first time the first African American President steps on the continent. From African
July 10, 2009
ACCRA, GHANA — Obama fever has gripped Ghana. Ghanaians want anything Obama-related, from T-shirts to songs. Now, some can sleep
July 10, 2009
Since living in America I’ve discovered a deep-rooted, and often unspoken, prejudice against Africans within the African American community. Some
July 10, 2009
Model shows off work of Ghanaian designer Christie Brown (Courtesy: Simon Deiner/SDR Photo/Eric Don Arthur) As the Obamas prepare to
July 10, 2009
A Ghanaian jersey vendor sells shirts depicting President Obama (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Africans were filled with joy and high expectations
July 9, 2009
CAPE COAST, GHANA -- The Grio's correspondent Mara Schiavocampo spoke today with Deputy Minister of Tourism Kwabena Akyeampong. Their conversation…
July 9, 2009
President Barack Obama sat down with AllAfrica.com before he left the country for Ghana. Watch excerpt of video or view
July 9, 2009
In April I delivered the W.E.B. Du Bois lectures at Harvard University. In this series of lectures I took up
July 9, 2009
Obama looks on during the G8 Summit (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) In a recent interview with AllAfrica.com, President Obama said:
July 9, 2009
The last stop on President Barack Obama's week-long trip may prove to be his most historic and newsworthy. Just one…
July 8, 2009
The Grio’s contributing correspondent Mara Schiavocampo paid a visit to Dr. Erieka Bennett, Head of Mission for the Diaspora African