Africas Expectations From Obama

By Hany Besada and Erica Dybenko

With the U.S. administration marking its 100 days in office, Barack Obama has raised sky-scraping expectations for his term as president, not only at home in the U.S., but also abroad in Africa.

The 44th American President is the first with an African lineage and, not surprisingly, his rise to power has triggered a wave of hope amongst Africans as they look toward the West in anticipation of new beginnings in U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic relations.

Examples of African reverence for Obama