I know that Islam allows up to 4 wives at a time. I’m wondering if Kenya would have any problem recognizing both marriages.
But I think Obama (and his mom) played the international peek-a-boo game all along. For instance, I think he was adopted by Soetoro in Indonesia but never told Hawaii about it so he could get benefits of being Indonesian (foreign student aid, for instance) AND benefits of being American. But I have no way of confirming or refuting that so it has to remain just a hunch.
The problem with the marriage to Ann was that there were laws prohibiting a mix of marriages...statutory and tribal..combined with an issue of just how a white women could marry a black man...
If she had gone to Kenya to get married....could she have been married in a statutory way when he was already married in a tribal way (dont think so..but maybe someone pulled some strings) ..and could a white woman marry a black man in a tribal ceremony (not sure)