Find some of the articles written by Susan Essoyan she was supposed to be reporting on education but seems to have written quite a bit about Obama as well.
One thing I do find curious is that “The Honolulu Star - Bulletin “ is specifically mentioned by Obama in his first book as being the paper in which the interview with his father was published, why have they not republished parts of the article like “The Honolulu Advertiser” did? Even with the sale of “The Star - Bulletin” to Canadian interests in 1996 they would still retain their archives wouldn’t they?
http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/29/news/story04.html
Hefty had recently completed a sabbatical in Kenya, where she taught as part of an educational advisory team appointed by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Later, to Barry’s dismay, Hefty invited his father to give a talk to the class during a visit to Hawaii. But the senior Obama’s stories of tribal life and Kenyans’ struggle to free themselves of colonial rule entranced the students, replacing their early derision with admiration...
(A little bit of african black nationalism in the classroom lapped up by students and their anti-colonial teacher?)
Perhaps. Unless the viewed keeping archives form a newspaper in the middle of nowhere an unnecessary expense.