摘要
THE news that African-American Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States in November 2008 aroused greater enthusiasm in Africa than in America, with numerous eulogies hitting the headlines of African newspapers and websites. African leaders immedi- ately extended their congratulations to him. In Kenya, where Obama＇s father was born, the government even announced a national holiday to celebrate Obama＇s win, There were opinions that the huge polkical en- thusiasm aroused by Obama winning the U.S. presidential election could be on a par with that brought by Nelson Mandela walking out of the prison in the early 1990s.
THE news that African-American Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States in November 2008 aroused greater enthusiasm in Africa than in America, with numerous eulogies hitting the headlines of African newspapers and websites. African leaders immedi- ately extended their congratulations to him. In Kenya, where Obama＇s father was born, the government even announced a national holiday to celebrate Obama＇s win, There were opinions that the huge polkical en- thusiasm aroused by Obama winning the U.S. presidential election could be on a par with that brought by Nelson Mandela walking out of the prison in the early 1990s.
