Africa’s American

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Woke up this morning after way too little sleep to see the following in my inbox. It’s from a friend in Tanzania – Kenya doesn’t have the monopoly on tagging hope to Obama. I share his fears for ‘Bama’s potential assassination but most of all I choose to share his optimism for the next four years, and his gratitude to the American people for finally voting for someone that the rest of the world believes in rather than fears.

He’s set the bar incredibly high for himself, particularly seeing as how he has four years of CTRL + Z ahead of him before he can get anything else done.

Anyway, Elibariki Amon’s email below. The grammar’s a little wonky, but you get the picture.

I’m happy to hear Obama is the new leader of America. Here in Tanzania and Kenya people are happy and it a new story in the all world now. Thanks for you guys to support him.American need some change and i think it has got someone for that change, which is Obama.

Now I’m having one of good day thank Obama for show all the world that we Africans are  someone and not nobody.
Great day for Africans today. Please, all Africans we need to pray for him so that they will not kill him as they killed Kennedy. We all need God’s power more than anything and Americans that love Obama need more pray too. God bless Africans.