{"id":9475,"date":"2016-08-12T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?post_type=cu-events&p=9475"},"modified":"2016-09-29T17:53:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T21:53:09","slug":"obama-and-kenya","status":"publish","type":"cu-events","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/obama-and-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama and Kenya: Book Launch and Film Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Institute of African Studies presents a book launch and a film concerning President Obama and Kenya on Friday, October 14th at 2:30pm in 2017 Dunton Tower.<\/p>\n

First, there will be a book launch and discussion<\/strong> of Obama and Kenya: Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0 Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo (2016, Ohio University Press) with Matthew Carotenuto<\/strong> ( associate professor of History and coordinator of African Studies, St. Lawrence University).<\/p>\n

\"Obama<\/strong>Obama & Kenya,\u00a0Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Barack Obama\u2019s political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly. From politicos populating the blogosphere and bookshelves in the U.S and Kenya, to tourists traipsing through Obama\u2019s ancestral home, a variety of groups have mobilized new readings of Kenya\u2019s past in service of their own ends.\u00a0Matthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo argue that efforts to cast Obama as a \u201cson of the soil\u201d of the Lake Victoria basin invite insights into the politicized uses of Kenya\u2019s past.<\/p>\n

Buy the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n