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What Kenya means to Barack Obama
Throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, his personal links to Kenya have been weaponized by the U.S.’s Right’s as a slur. But there’s more to his relationship with his father’s country.
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Katherine Luongo is coauthors of Obama and Kenya: Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging.
Throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, his personal links to Kenya have been weaponized by the U.S.’s Right’s as a slur. But there’s more to his relationship with his father’s country.