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Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs - Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs - Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Does President Obama have a vision for Africa?

The Interview · BBC World Service

June 8, 201523m 14s

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Show Notes

Barack Obama is due to visit Kenya - his father's homeland - next month. When Obama came to power as the first African-American president of the US, hopes were high in Africa that the continent would bask in his reflected glory and enjoy a new focus in US foreign policy. Zeinab Badawi talks to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Assistant-Secretary of State for African Affairs and asks does Obama have a vision for Africa?

(Photo: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Assistant-Secretary of State for African Affairs. BBC copyright)