Africans gear up to celebrate an Obama victory
KISUMU, Kenya – Africans organized all-night parties to watch the U.S. election results roll in, determined to celebrate a moment in history as Barack Obama tries to become the first black American president.
“Tonight we are not going to sleep,” said Valentine Wambi, 23, a student at the University of Nairobi. “It will be celebrations throughout.”
She planned to join hundreds of other students in the Kenyan capital for an election party late Tuesday.
In the western Kenya village of Kogelo, where the Democratic candidate’s late father was born, police tightened security Tuesday to prevent hordes of media and others from entering the rural homestead of Obama’s step-grandmother.
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