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July 13, 2009

Obama Visits Ghana on First Official Trip to Sub-Saharan Africa
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President Obama has returned from his first official trip to sub-Saharan
Africa. In a speech before Ghana’s parliament, Obama urged Africans
across the continent to take greater responsibility for stamping out
war, corruption and disease plaguing the region.

President Obama: “We must start from the simple premise that Africa’s
future is up to Africans. I say this knowing full well the tragic past
that has sometimes haunted this part of the world. After all, I have the
blood of Africa within me.”

Obama went on to speak about his family’s ties to Africa, about his
father being born in Kenya and about how his grandfather was briefly
imprisoned during Kenya’s struggle for liberation against Britain.



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