<a href="http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/faculty-and-staff/wendi-manuel-scott/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu']);" target="_blank">Wendi Manuel-Scott </a>and <a href="http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/faculty-and-staff/ben-carton/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu']);" target="_blank">Benedict Carton</a> on the African Identities in the Age of Obama conference they organized recently at <a href="http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu']);" target="_blank">George Mason University</a>. Bridging the gap between studies of Africa, African America, and the Caribbean, participants debated who and what does Obama represent? How do cultural aspects of the Obama phenomenon intersect with political and economic aspects?  What does Obama mean to people in Africa?

Wendi Manuel-Scott and Benedict Carton on the African Identities in the Age of Obama conference they organized recently at George Mason University. Bridging the gap between studies of Africa, African America, and the Caribbean, participants debated who and what does Obama represent? How do cultural aspects of the Obama phenomenon intersect with political and economic aspects? What does Obama mean to people in Africa?

<a href="http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/faculty-and-staff/wendi-manuel-scott/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wendi Manuel-Scott </a>and <a href="http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/faculty-and-staff/ben-carton/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Benedict Carton</a> on the African Identities in the Age of Obama conference they organized recently at <a href="http://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer">George Mason University</a>. Bridging the gap between studies of Africa, African America, and the Caribbean, participants debated who and what does Obama represent? How do cultural aspects of the Obama phenomenon intersect with political and economic aspects?  What does Obama mean to people in Africa?

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