At the village dispensary near Mama Sarah's house in Kogelo, the village in western Kenya where she raised Barack Obama's late father, hundreds of people had stayed awake through the night, dancing and watching al-Jazeera's election coverage on a large screen. Soon after the result was announced they ran down the dirt road to Mama Sarah's homestead, where police had kept the media locked behind the gate.
Waving branches, beating drums and singing the refrain: "The Champion has stepped into the arena, and everybody is watching," they insisted the police allow them into the compound.
"We cannot be intimidated by the Kenyan police," a man shouted, threatening to tear the gate down. "We are now under the US government."
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