Africans see the presidency of the world's most amazing nation as a bonus to them. If Obama's father was African, then Obama is effectively African and his leadership of the US is a gift to the black continent, they reason.
Though Americans are aware that the father of their President was African, they are however content with the truth that the President fulfilled the conditions of being an American citizen. The two continents are therefore even as a result.
They wanted the first African-American president to know his achievement had...