Senator Barack Obama is in Africa.
On Saturday, the village of Kogelo was abuzz with anticipation. Obama’s picture appeared on the front page of the newspaper — again — and family members gathered to sort out details for next weekend’s reunion.
“Everybody in town knows that he is coming,” the senator’s step-uncle, Said Hussein Obama, declared Saturday in a telephone interview from Kenya. “He is not just a member of the family, but someone who is high up the political ladder in the U.S.”
Could, probably will, go higher.
