Leading up to the presidential election the Africans I spoke to were uniformly supportive of Obama's candidacy. A black man could be president, what a thought!
There had been a few bumps along Obama's West African road, chief among them was the problem of this fund raising event. The money raised could not be donated to the Obama campaign, by U.S. law, and the organizers have gone missing and the funds are in limbo. There were other pro Obama sentiments in evidence including billboards and newspaper articles. I was surprised how much interest this election in the U.S. had generated.
The locals I talked to were uniformly pleased to see Obama elected, if for no other reason than to have someone in the White House who knew where Africa is located.
There was one notable exception however. Our neighbour's driver declared "He be black man, so he go chop all the money-o". After a bit of thought he considered the fact that Obama is only half black and decided "He no go chop all the money, maybe only small small".
For further inspiration see: I go chop your dollars. BTW, adding "O" to the word at the end of a sentence is a common form of emphasis. Picture from Obama's 2006 visit to Nairobi.
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