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| Obamamania mounts with dancing in streets |
| 2009-07-10 |
| GHANAIANS sporting Barack Obama hats and T-shirts and holding portraits of the US president danced through the streets of the capital Accra in anticipation of his landmark visit to the country. Mr Obama was due to arrive in Ghana late on Friday on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since being elected president. Despite tight security in which some 10,000 police were deployed across the seaside capital, residents drummed and gyrated in the streets, with many dancing to a song about Mr Obama, composed by a Ghanaian radio presenter known as Black Rasta. Street vendors did brisk trade in Obama memorabilia from keyrings and coffee mugs to huge colourful umbrellas with Obama and President John Atta-Mills' portraits emblazoned on them. From as early as 8am, police blocked off some of the major roads including the airport road, from ordinary motorists. During his 24-hour visit, Mr Obama and his wife Michelle - a descendant of African slaves - were due to tour Cape Coast Castle, one of Africa's biggest former slave trading posts. Authorities in Cape Coast, a town some 160km west of Accra, even banned all funerals this weekend on account of Mr Obama's visit. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Maybe they could keep him????? |
| Posted by: Jarong de Medici3580 2009-07-10 13:50 |