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By: Our Man in America | Memoirs from Africa's son in U.S.A.

Our Man in America | Memoirs from Africa's son in U.S.A. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:51:45 +0000

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By: Mkenya Asili

Mkenya Asili — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:38:16 +0000

He he he this shit is too funny…..

By: Edwin

Edwin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:02:06 +0000

Kezia,
Encourage what kind of behavior? You should be grateful Obama the father left, or we would never have had a black president in the U.S. Can you imagine if his father had raised him? What African father would have let his son — with a degree from Harvard — got back to Chicago to do community service, which the president credits for his success?

It is very easy — and I dare say lazy — to judge people we knew very little about. And a guy who is dead and can’t defend himself? Obama’s father had flaws, just like we all do. Events out of our control force us to act in unimaginable ways, and anyone who says they would have handled the situation differently is a damn phony.

President Obama’s mother never said a bad word about the man who abandoned her, although she endured the pain of raising a child. So who are we to call this guy a deadbeat dad? These kind of emotionally charged condemnations of Obama’s father often come from people who have suffered similar issues. Rather than try to judge people we never met, I suggest we look at ourselves and try to break the cycle of dysfunction in our own families. It requires a strong mind.

Okong’o

By: Kezia

Kezia — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:36:04 +0000

A salute to President’s Barack Obama father. For what? Abandoning his child through unexplainable excuses? For leaving a woman to take his responsibility as a man? Why do we encourage this kind of behavior under the disguise of traditions? To me,the best response would be, “Shame on him and all the dead-beat fathers walking around.”

By: Mosoti Eric

Mosoti Eric — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:41:42 +0000

Bwana Okong’o,

Can’t stop to wonder who among us does not fall in so part of this. For me, I have been through all of the stages and more. My prayer is that “Obama Ran so our children can Fly.” Kudos, Mzee.

By: Lanette

Lanette — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:48:42 +0000

Okong’o,
This is the funniest ever. I just started dating a Nigerian man and boy would he love this piece! We love to joke about this topic. He told me that in Africa I would be considered a family wife, so — being an African-American woman — I asked him: “Do I get a family husband?”

By: Oscar

Oscar — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:58:05 +0000

Mr. Okong’o,

They dont get any funnier, do they!

Oscar.

By: Lac D. Su

Lac D. Su — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:47:41 +0000

Edwin, This is funnier than shit! Bitter-sweet in a way. Which one is more bitter for an immigrant: Assimilation or the View? -Lac Su Author of forthcoming memoir "I Love Yous Are For White People"