[Fred Nerks]

WHY KENYA?

Teacher Mabel Hefty played an important role in buffering the way for her new pupil. She had just completed a sabbatical teaching in Kenya and sought to nurture Obama's interest in his father's homeland. She shared her collection of Kenyan art with the students; she would sometimes pull Barry aside after class and tell him stories about her experiences in Kenya.

That December, Barack's father returned for a monthlong visit and was invited by Hefty to address the class.

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Dewey later traveled with Dunham to the same village in Kenya where Obama's father came from and...

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[Nepeta]

There are some amazing tidbits in those two links. This is the first I had read about Stanley Ann's later visit to Kenya.

The tale of the Young Genius Barack reads like the mythology of the youth of the gods, or of North Korean dictators:

"According to Maurer, one day Obama had a term paper due, so he went home over lunch, typed it out and handed the finished paper in that afternoon. "He wrote it on the typewriter," Maurer marvels, still impressed by Obama's seemingly effortless ability to formulate and organize complex ideas. "It was just amazing he could think that coherently and not rewrite the paper."

Not bad for someone who still struggles with complete sentences!

[Natural Born 54]

Is Dewey a man or a woman?