ObamaMANIA! May 2, 2011
Posted by sararich in Uncategorized.trackback
I heard this morning from the gate guards that Bin Laden was dead. So as I sit at the internet cafe, listening to Obama’s speech dubbed over in French- I chose this blog from my backlog- and thought it might be a good time to share it.
I’m not sure if this is a worldwide phenomenon or not… but in Central Africa Barack Obama is an absolute 100% certifiable superstar. The proof is in the fact that you can find just about anything with Obama plastered on it: t-shirts, taxis, lollipops, belt buckles, shopping bags, clocks, pants, hats, bolts of fabric… I hope that someone out there is making a huge collection of photos documenting his superstardom in this region- because it’s really out of this world. And it’s not just in cities- the Obama gear reaches even the most remote villages. Here’s what I’ve been able to capture:
Needless to say, his stardom makes me feel proud to be an American.
Sara, enjoyed your post! Hopefully his popularity in the U.S. will surge again. The “right” bashes him at every opportunity; he recently even had to release his birth certificate to the press – how ridiculous is that – there are those still claiming that he wasn’t born in the U. S.
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