Obama’s Second Term: Will He Ignore Africa Again?
America’s first black President, Barack Obama, promised to visit his father’s ancestral home of Kenya before the end of his presidency. During his first four years as president, Obama visited some 51 countries, but during that time, he spent less than one day in all of Africa, south of the Sahara. Most second term presidents travel more often so it is highly likely Obama will increase his profile in the region. As a U.S. Senator, Obama visited both Ethiopia and Kenya where he has relatives.
According to Brendon Doherty, an associate professor of political science,who studies presidential travel patterns, “Presidents do take special pleasure in traveling to places where they have ancestral ties.” President Bill Clinton and President Ronald Reagan, as did President Obama, traveled to Ireland where they had family roots. Both Clinton and George W. Bush took trips to African countries in the their second terms, but neither traveled to the region during their first terms.
Jimmy Carter was the first president to travel to Africa while in office. He went to Nigeria. Presidential travel records reveal Europe and North America got the most visits during the Carter-to-Obama period. France led with 24 visits; the U.K. had 23; Canada and Germany had 20; Mexico and Italy had 19.
Africa has been a low priority for most U.S. presidents, said Laura Seay, assistant professor of political science at Morehouse College, because of geopolitical conflicts and historical ties, and that was the case in the Obama administration. Africa is becoming an area of increasing importance to U.S. foreign policy so it’s expected that we will see an increase in travel by our nation’s leader to more countries in Africa.
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These Obama-addicts don’t OVERstand, and will NEVER OVERstand, how this mulatto is stripping his own country with the help of euro-anglos, who are usurping this WHOLE nation!!!
O’Drama don’t give a da*mn about Afrika or it’s people, which is the same way he feels about Blacks here in racist amerikkka! I don’t see why you negroids love this guy, so much because he ain’t doing a da*mn thang for YOU negroids.
He’s hired all racist crackers on his cabinet, and he’s controlled by euro-anglos from britain, who OWNS amerikkka!
HE’S A POLI(TRICKSTER) LIKE THE REST OF THOSE DEMONS ON CAPITAL HILL!!
correction: “this mulatto is stripping his own COUNTRIES on the continent of Afrika with the help…”
Let me add: all 54 countries in Afrika are ALL CONROLLED by racist amerikkka!!! Kemet (Egypt) is NOT included because caucasoids still think this nation is a part of asia because of skin tone!!!
KEMET (EGYPT) IS A COUNTRY IN AFRIKA!!!
This article is filled with ignorant uninformed statement. First of all I have read three books about OBama he has visited Africa 3time first as a state senator, and as a. US senator, then as a president (Ghana. West Africa).
As an African it bothers me that ill informed people would write things they don’t know. Do your research people.
Perhaps we would like to see Africa get more help and funds. But most Black folks in the U.S. don’t say much about that. The State Dept. has been funding some African projects, such as fighting AIDS, and setting up ways to get water and solar lamps to villages.
President Obama is the son of an African and his wife has traced her roots to original African slaves in the U.S. He did visit Africa in his first year in office. He took his whole family to Ghana and the visited the “slave trading fort” on the coast. That was all over the news.
As much as it disturbs some people…Pres. Obama’s use of the MLKing Bible may have been more SYMBOLIC that we realize. Dr. King’s last sermon was to be “Why America May Go to h**l.” And King was on target as usual.
Our nation and the world now faces a very challenging problem, which has already devastated many parts of Africa…and other countries. Sadly, too many people have been ignoring or denying this problem too. At least Pres. Obama does acknowledge it and offers to do something about it….more than just give empty talk.
The problem: CLIMATE CHANGE.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/john-kerry-climate-change_n_2545406.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change
You President B. H. Obama hating negroes will be just as out of place anywhere on the continent of Africa as you are here in the United States of America.
Please prove me wrong. Go for a visit.
I wish you well.
Ignorance really doesn’t benefit us.
Any small minded person can sit up and nitpick the President’s actions, and find things that are not “perfect.” But then again, we can also find many things that Pres. Obama has done that are very good…that have benefitted Blacks and other people.
I find a lot of comments claiming that Pres. Obama “hates negroes” — but he does a lot more for BLACK FOLKS than what I see most Black folks doing for their own selves. Africans have been suffering in drought and famine for decades. How many American Blacks have sent a donation or done one thing about that?
Most Black Americans are more concerned with their own selves…their own material possessions — what fancy car they are driving — or the lastest hairdo…..or which rapper has the most gold on his teeth …or what “reality show is showing the best rapper” — or “how much DJANGO dolls cost” — or other nonsense.
And then there are the HOT AIR BLACK RAP-OLUTIONARIES who spend time talking about “how much they hate whitey”— but they too are nothing but a lot of hot air…little or no action to solving problems. Some of them would solve the drought/famine problems in Africa by ranting about “ancient Kemet” — or perhaps yelling “Black Power” at the next big monster storm.
Pres. Obama made JANUARY the Official “Slavery Prevention Month” and he set for ORDERS for actions to be taken…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/human-trafficking-awareness-day_n_2455950.html
These are not the acts of a man “who hates negroes.”
HOW MANY BLACK AMERICANS EVEN KNOW ABOUT THAT? How many donate or do anything to help stop the trafficking of children in Africa?
While I don’t think any man is “perfect”….there are HIGH QUALITY MEN and WOMEN who get out in the thick of the battle, who take action and try to solve problems…even if they make mistakes, even if they don’t always get it right…they make the effort to change bad situations to the better.
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
~ QUOTE by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Strength to Love, 1963
Well said. Black Americans need to wake up and stop feeling entitled.And stop blaming the president for their problems.
..that’s just it.. you have american blacks..that’s what they call themselves.. who will not connect to africa AT all let alone donate to those in africa(I do)..in fact their are those who hate the term african american..and perfer the term BLACK american and I tell you look up the definition of the word BLACK and look up the definition of the word WHITE.. and trust me with most whites the word BLACK equal to RACE follows the definition descripted..especially in the eyes of non-people of color..mainly whites who see black as negative..
Negroes around this world live their life according to white men’s standards..which is saying that those BLACKS NEED the White Men’s validation–who STILL will treat you BLACKS any which way they like not EQUAL and as 2nd class citizens if a american at all..you’re either a charity case or a affirmative action opportunity seeker..looking for a pass..if whites in this nation did it to president Obama with all kind of letters behind his name.. and you think you are equal in the eyes of whites because you JUMP as high as you can for them?..
I’m a african american -I’m not a COLOR(black).. my heritage is african and my nationally is american.. no different than those americans who acknowledge they are asian american, german american, italian-american..and so forth.. BUt when it comes down to WE who are generations away from africa(slave trade).. we are SHAMED and will say THEY have no connection to africa, REALLY? Most of you can’t research your family tree beyond your great grand parents if that far back.. I love what Alex Haley taught us..you can FIND out who you and your family are as african americans BEFORE this nation’s slave trade..
I betcha NONE of you NEGROES who are haters of President Obama won’t leave the united states will ya?.. Because you and your family keep sucking off the GOV’T you hate against… but ya’all negroes were QUIET has RATZ p*****g on COTTON when it came down to president Bush.. who let under his watch 911 happen..and went to WAR and 5000 of our military died for WHAT? A War we can’t WIN.. President Obama is just as much white as he is black.. so tell us who carried him in her womb, his white mother, that’s who, who raised him his white grandmother & father and family.. The president doesn’t owe black america ANThing more-so than any other american..and when you dumb a*s negroes who jump as high as you can for your white masa.. george W. Bush who treated AFRICAN AMERICANS like 2nd class AMERICANS if americans at all(katrina)..and then you can’t get behind this nation’s first african american president? There’s nothing WORST than a race of PPL who are JEALOUS and HATE their OWN race of PPL.. its the sadest thing to demonstrate and announce before GOD.. its the most stupid thing any race can do against their OWN.. and you NEGROES.. have yet over the days since slavery have proven WE as a people WRONG.. you’re disgusting..
Like all the other presidents of the USA Obama is controlled by the Global Elite.He and the others are all walking contradictions and all being used to push the CFR(Council on Foreign Relations)agenda of a 1 world government. All top politicians are CFR members and former CFR David Rockefeller has admitted in his memoirs that he works tirelessly towards a 1-world financial and political system.
Sure he’ll visit. He’ll go to AfriCom to make sure US forces there understand that the people there have even less right to life than the brown people his drones target in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A true disappointment.
Can we stop talking about Africa like it is a country?
Gatekeeper and Makeba said a mouthful of truth.THE CONTINENT OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES careless about black folks in AMERIKKKA.I can only wish that black folks in AMERIKKKA STOP EATING THEIR OWN.BLACK,COLORED,NEGRO,NIQQUAS,AFRO-AMERIKKKANS are the most jealous,envious and hypocritical people in the WORLD.PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT A GOD!!!.HE can’t be everything and do everything that everybody wants him to do.GET A LIFE BLACK FOLKS AND FOCUS ON WORKING WITH YOUR OWN.
@gopicksomecotton:
Where do you caucasoid get that tired, worned out term of ‘get a life, and get over it’ from? I find them very comical and amusing.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS…WHEN ARE YOU yankees GONNA STOP “TAKING OUR LIVES”, THEN PERHAPS, YOU PEOPLE, CAN “GET OVER IT” (white supremacy).
You crazy crackers are red, and hairy, just like esau!!!
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Boyce, you just can’t leave President Obama alone!! I really wish you were president so you could see the office as it is, not as you and Cornel West wish it were!! The man will visit Africanad Kenya WHEN he wants too and not to satisfy the whims of Obama haters and jealous wannabes!! And if he decides NOT to go there, it’s HIS choice and not yours!!
Maybe its the elites having him not to go there! He is not his own man I don’t know when human beings are going to come into the realization of this truth! He can only do what he permitted to do AND SAY! Educate yourselves with who all is behind the NWO you will be amazed. Read up on the JFK assasination, Hitler, etc to why things are as they are today and all that is to come. Be ALERT N PREPARED its no joke!
Unfortunately, we have seen that no matter what Pres. Obama does or where he vacations — if he plays basketball, goes bike riding, or plays golf….he gets vilified by someone. The rightwing nuts (Tea Party fringe) attack, ridicule, and demean him and his family — putting up foul, racist signs with apes on them, or African witch doctors.
And now we have the NRA putting mess in commercials about his children. It is all shameful and most of it nothing but slander. No other President has had to put up with so many attacks upon their heritage, culture or family.
HE GETS ATTACKED BY SOME BLACK FOLKS TOO….Although he has done many good things for most of the country and for AFRICAN-AMERICANS…such as –
* BLACK HISTORY MONTH Proclamation
* Dedication of the NAT’L BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM
* EDUCATIONAL INITIATE (Urban League)
……and funds and resources for students.
* SLAVERY PREVENTION MONTH (Exec. Order)
* Helped change SENTENCING for drug offenders.
* Anti-CHILD OBESITY Prog. (Ms. Obama – “Let’s Move”)
* Honored the TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
….and many other programs and services…
Thru his STIMULUS ACT funds, Pres. Obama helped to fund “Green the Ghetto First” services, training programs, and small businesses that did construction work such as ‘insulating buildings.”
Million$$$ have been and will be allocated to create “green pathways out of poverty,” i.e. job training for low-income people in fields like solar power installation and green roofing. African-American have the highest unemployment rate of all groups…that GOING GREEN is a way to put some green in their wallets and purses.
But sadly, there are still those who deny that global warming is a problem…and some negroes who think that we can make the wild weather — monster tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, etc. — go away…simply by BEING BLACK….preaching “black stuff, black power…hate whitey…etc.” They tell others… just “segregate from whitey and make money” — and all will be well.
It is wonderful to learn about and understand African history and culture. Our heritage is one that historically honored, revered and communed with “Nature.” Long ago, Africans saw Nature as a “sacred part of life” — and not just something to pillage and wreck.
He also fought to keep unemployment insurance for workers and to have HEALTH CARE for most people.
Pres. Obama is not superman….he is a man…who has done a lot…but gets attacked from the right, left, and from a lot of negroes too.
Instead of attacking him with ridicule and insults…why not take him some SOLUTIONS and PROPOSALS for what you want and need???
Derrick: Instead of belittling your own race for having a lack of knowledge of what really going on why will you try to save and enlighten folks.
“Derrick: Instead of belittling your own race for having a lack of knowledge of what really going on why will you try to save and enlighten folks.”
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What the heII are you talking about…”why will you try to save and enlighten folks.” WHY WHAT? I don’t OVERstand your fvcked up question.
You don’t know a godda.mn thang about me, what I have done in the past to help my people, and what I am doing NOW to help them. Little twits like you run off at the jibs (mouth), and don’t know what the fvck you’re talking about; therefore, shyt and get off the stool!
You big dumb azz; I WAS IN THE MOVEMENT BACK IN THE DAY (not on the couch watching it on tell-a-LIE-vision), but a PART OF IT!!! I tutored MY children last year, who were in elementary school, and will be starting back again, once I find a building. I help the old and the needy by fixing them dinners, and taking them to the doctor, store, or helping them when they need a hand. I visit the sick in the hospital; as a matter of Truth, a friend of mine is in there RIGHT NOW, and I cut his hair EVERY week and check on him daily!!! I will give to the homeless, and give them clothes at the shelter, that I can no longer wear, so what the fvck are you talking about?
THE QUESTION AT HAND IS THIS…WHAT THE FVCK ARE YOU DOING???
I don’t belittle BLACK PEOPLE, only these dumb azz negroids and caucasoids, such as yourself because you are too da.mn dumb to comprehend what I post! There’s a difference between a negroid and a BLACK person. I’m tired of repeating it!
There are many conscious thinkers on this site, but YOU AIN’T ONE OF THEM!!!
GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN HOW TO WRITE, THEN GET BACK WITH ME!!!THEN, PURHAPS I CAN ‘ENLIGHTEN’ YOU!!!
Don’t holler, scream and shout at the entertainment center (church) too much, today; you know that ‘holy ghost’ is a bytch!!!
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN ENLIGHTEN!!!
I don’t give a d**n if President Obama, ever visits Africa, or any other d**n continent, his priorities should be getting this country straightened out first. What the h**l is a visit to Africa, or any continent, or country, going to help the unemployed Black people here, or the Black on Black slaughter of our people here? Africa, has it’s own problems, and each country in Africa, has their own President. So tell me exactly what a visit to any of these countries will do, to help us solve our problems? Do some of you believe that Africa, is going to give you some money, when millions of their own people, are unemployed, and starving? Do some of you believe that they can help with our Black on Black crime, when they have the same problem? We have our own d**n problems here, and we should stop trying to join forces with other groups, like the Hispanics, and yes the Africans, that don’t give a d**n about us, and concentrate on forming a strong coalition, and vote in blocks like the Jews, Hispanics, National organization of Women, and the Lesbians, and Gays. As long as we remain divided, and fighting, and killing each other, and dividing our votes, we will never have a powerful voice. Just take a look at what a bunch of illegal immigrants, who can’t even vote has achieved by merely sticking together. They have the entire congress, breaking their necks trying to get them what they want (Amnesty). You don’t hear them denouncing each other (Like Boyce, West, and Smiley) does to any other Black person that disagrees with their stupidity. Show me just one Hispanic, that comes out publicly against granting illegal immigrants, amnesty. They may argue about it in private, but they don’t go on public radio, and TV stations, berating each other over this issue. I have seen the enemy, and the enemy is us.
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