Obama, the African Colonial

American Thinker ^ | June 25, 2009 | L.E. Ikenga

[neverdem]

Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe he would not be in the White House today. The key to understanding him lies with his identification with his father, and his adoption of a cultural and political mindset rooted in postcolonial Africa.

Like many educated intellectuals in postcolonial Africa, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was enraged at the transformation of his native land by its colonial conqueror. But instead of embracing the traditional values of his own tribal cultural past, he embraced an imported Western ideology, Marxism. I call such frustrated and angry modern Africans who embrace various foreign "isms", instead of looking homeward for repair of societies that are broken, African Colonials. They are Africans who serve foreign ideas.

The tropes of America's racial history as a way of understanding all things black are useless in understanding the man who got his dreams from his father, a Kenyan exemplar of the African Colonial.

Before I continue, I need to say this: I am a first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria. I travel to Nigeria frequently. I see myself as both a proud American and as a proud Igbo (the tribe that we come from -- also sometimes spelled Ibo). Politically, I have always been conservative (though it took this past election for me to commit to this once and for all!); my conservative values come from my Igbo heritage and my place of birth. Of course, none of this qualifies me to say what I am about to -- but at the same time it does.

My friends, despite what CNN and the rest are telling you, Barack Obama is nothing more than an old school African Colonial who is on his way to turning this country into one of the developing nations that you learn about on the National Geographic Channel. Many conservative (East, West, South, North) African-Americans like myself -- those of us who know our history -- have seen this movie before. Here are two main reasons why many Americans allowed Obama to slip through the cracks despite all of his glaring inconsistencies:

First, Obama has been living on American soil for most of his adult life. Therefore, he has been able to masquerade as one who understands and believes in American democratic ideals. But he does not. Barack Obama is intrinsically undemocratic and as his presidency plays out, this will become more obvious. Second, and most importantly, too many Americans know very little about Africa. The one-size-fits-all understanding that many Americans (both black and white) continue to have of Africa might end up bringing dire consequences for this country.

Contrary to the way it continues to be portrayed in mainstream Western culture, Africa is not a continent that can be solely defined by AIDS, ethnic rivalries, poverty and safaris. Africa, like any other continent, has an immense history defined by much diversity and complexity. Africa's long-standing relationship with Europe speaks especially to some of these complexities -- particularly the relationship that has existed between the two continents over the past two centuries. Europe's complete colonization of Africa during the nineteenth century, also known as the Scramble for Africa, produced many unfortunate consequences, the African colonial being one of them.

The African colonial (AC) is a person who by means of their birth or lineage has a direct connection with Africa. However, unlike Africans like me, their worldviews have been largely shaped not by the indigenous beliefs of a specific African tribe but by the ideals of the European imperialism that overwhelmed and dominated Africa during the colonial period. AC's have no real regard for their specific African traditions or histories.  AC's use aspects of their African culture as one would use pieces of costume jewelry: things of little or no value that can be thoughtlessly discarded when they become a negative distraction, or used on a whim to decorate oneself in order to seem exotic. (Hint: Obama's Muslim heritage).

On the other hand, AC's strive to be the best at the culture that they inherited from Europe. Throughout the West, they are tops in their professions as lawyers, doctors, engineers, Ivy League professors and business moguls; this is all well and good. It's when they decide to engage us as politicians that things become messy and convoluted.

The African colonial politician (ACP) feigns repulsion towards the hegemonic paradigms of Western civilization. But at the same time, he is completely enamored of the trappings of its aristocracy or elite culture. The ACP blames and caricatures whitey to no end for all that has gone wrong in the world. He convinces the masses that various forms of African socialism are the best way for redressing the problems that European colonialism motivated in Africa. However, as opposed to really being a hard-core African Leftist who actually believes in something, the ACP uses socialist themes as a way to disguise his true ambitions: a complete power grab whereby the "will of the people" becomes completely irrelevant.

Barack Obama is all of the above. The only difference is that he is here playing (colonial) African politics as usual.  

In his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father -- an eloquent piece of political propaganda -- Obama styles himself as a misunderstood intellectual who is deeply affected by the sufferings of black people, especially in America and Africa. In the book, Obama clearly sees himself as an African, not as a black American. And to prove this, he goes on a quest to understand his Kenyan roots. He is extremely thoughtful of his deceased father's legacy; this provides the main clue for understanding Barack Obama.

Barack Obama Sr. was an African colonial to the core; in his case, the apple did not fall far from the tree. All of the telltale signs of Obama's African colonialist attitudes are on full display in the book -- from his feigned antipathy towards Europeans to his view of African tribal associations as distracting elements that get in the way of "progress".  (On p. 308 of Dreams From My Father, Obama says that African tribes should be viewed as an "ancient loyalties".)

Like imperialists of Old World Europe, the ACP sees their constituents not as free thinking individuals who best know how to go about achieving and creating their own means for success. Instead, the ACP sees his constituents as a flock of ignorant sheep that need to be led -- oftentimes to their own slaughter.

Like the European imperialist who spawned him, the ACP is a destroyer of all forms of democracy.

Here are a few examples of what the British did in order to create (in 1914) what is now called Nigeria and what Obama is doing to you: 

1. Convince the people that "clinging" to any aspect of their cultural (tribal) identity or history is bad and regresses the process of "unity". British Imperialists deeply feared people who were loyal to anything other than the state. "Tribalism" made the imperialists have to work harder to get people to just fall in line. Imperialists pitted tribes against each other in order to create chaos that they then blamed on ethnic rivalry. Today many "educated" Nigerians, having believed that their traditions were irrelevant, remain completely ignorant of their ancestry and the history of their own tribes.
2. Confiscate the wealth and resources of the area that you govern by any means necessary in order to redistribute wealth. The British used this tactic to present themselves as empathetic and benevolent leaders who wanted everyone to have a "fair shake". Imperialists are not interested in equality for all. They are interested in controlling all.  
3. Convince the masses that your upper-crust university education naturally puts you on an intellectual plane from which to understand everything even when you understand nothing. Imperialists were able to convince the people that their elite university educations allowed them to understand what Africa needed. Many of today's Nigerians-having followed that lead-hold all sorts of degrees and certificates-but what good are they if you can't find a job?   
4. Lie to the people and tell them that progress is being made even though things are clearly becoming worse.  One thing that the British forgot to mention to their Nigerian constituents was that one day, the resources that were being used to engineer "progress" (which the British had confiscated from the Africans to begin with!) would eventually run out. After WWII, Western Europe could no longer afford to hold on to their African colonies. So all of the counterfeit countries that the Europeans created were then left high-and-dry to fend for themselves. This was the main reason behind the African independence movements of the1950 and 60's. What will a post-Obama America look like?
5. Use every available media outlet to perpetuate the belief that you and your followers are the enlightened ones-and that those who refuse to support you are just barbaric, uncivilized, ignorant curmudgeons.  This speaks for itself.

America, don't be fooled. The Igbos were once made up of a confederacy of clans that ascribed to various forms of democratic government. They took their eyes off the ball and before they knew it, the British were upon them. Also, understand this: the African colonial who is given too much political power can only become one thing: a despot.

L.E. Ikenga can be reached at leikenga@gmail.com.

[Fred Nerks]

...Ann Dunham’s residence in Seattle, 1961 (Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Branch, King County Assessor Property Record Card collection)

That always really pees me off. The listing in the directory was for ANNA OBAMA.

What the numbers after some of the names represent, we have no idea:

Telephone?

[GregNH]

Yes, back in the day we use the first two letters then numbers for the phone number.

[GregNH]

As Corsi points out Ruth could produce papers for claims against the estate of BHO but Dunham nor Zippo did, or could....

[RubyR]

Here it is-

[Fred Nerks]

Many thanks.

[Fred Nerks]

...back in the day we use the first two letters then numbers for the phone number.

Then that has to be how Anna Obama got herself into the Seattle Directories, she had the telephone connected in her name.

[GregNH]

YES! That's how it worked.

[Fred Nerks]

FOR THE RECORD:

Tracing Obama Snr’s steps as a student at Maseno School

Published on 04/11/2008

By John Oywa

The old pieces of paper lie inside a small safe at the Maseno National School’s administration block. Tucked away at a corner in the principal’s office, the safe is one of the school’s most precious assets.

It holds the school’s celebrated history and sensitive information on former teachers and students.

It is here that the academic secrets of a Kenyan economist, the late Barack Obama Snr, are kept.

The Maseno School in Nyanza Province where Obama Snr enrolled for his studies

The late Obama is the father of the man touted to become America’s first black President, Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Maseno School’s senior teacher in-charge of archives, Mr Mangla Okanda, only speaks about the records contained within with the permission of the principal, Mr Paul Otula.

Old records

“The records here date back to 1906, when the school was founded. We have records of all the students who have passed through this school,” says Okanda.

Several prominent Kenyans, including the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Ramogi Achieng’ Oneko, have their records here.

“The head teachers that time were very mean with information. They condensed a student’s four-year record in a small piece of paper,” says Okanda.

Inside the safe is a small cabinet with drawers that contain the documents.

Okanda removes a brown card from one of them. “This one belonged to Barack Obama Sr. He joined the school in 1950 and left in 1953,” he explains.

Obama Sr — Index No 3422 — joined the school with his elder brother, Joseph, who left in 1951 for unexplained reasons.

Obama Snr, the father to Illinois Senator Barack Obama

[PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]

Obama Sr is said to have come from Alego-Ng’iya in Central Nyanza. His age was not indicated.

The head teacher then was BL Bowers, who served longest at the school, from 1951 to 1969.

Records describe Obama Sr as an intelligent student and show that he was promoted from Class B to A.

“This is an indication that he was a brilliant boy, since Class A was reserved for the very bright students,” says Okanda.

In a neat handwriting, Bowers described Obama Sr as “very keen, steady, trustworthy and friendly. Concentrates, reliable and out-going”.

Okanda says Obama Sr was a member of the Willis House, the first student hostel to be built at the school.

Otula says students admitted to Maseno were exclusively Christians, since the Anglican Church of Kenya ran the school.

Strict teachers

The teachers were very strict. Students were thoroughly vetted before being enrolled.

The students were taught sciences, art and technical subjects, including carpentry and tailoring.

Otula says Obama Sr went straight to the US from Maseno, to start his academic tour. He later married an American woman, the mother of Senator Obama.

The classroom in which he studied, an E-shaped brick house built by the Scots, is still intact and currently hosting the school’s Form Four students.

The 10 pioneer hostels built in 1906 are still standing. Old boys have thwarted attempts by successive administrators to demolish and replace them with modern dormitories.

“The old boys have rejected moves to bring down the houses. It reminds them of the good old days. They would rather have them renovated than demolished,” says one of the school’s deputy principals, Mr Duncan Owiye.

Students of the Willis House were unaware Obama Sr was once a resident.

One other landmark in the school that has withstood the test of time is the bell. Now rusty but still in use, the bell has served the school for over a century.

It hangs on an equally ageing ‘Oseno’ tree, from which Maseno borrowed its name.

“The bell is a sacred feature in the school. No-one has ever tried to damage it,” says Owiye.

[Fred Nerks]

[angcat]

Where did these people get all this money for college and flying all over the place? Classes and moving it's mind boggling. How did a dirt poor Obama Sr. fly all over from Kenya to Hawaii who paid for all this?

[Fred Nerks]

NIGERIAN BOMBER BOUGHT TICKET IN GHANA
MODERN GHANA COM ^ | Nigeria News | Mon, 28 Dec 2009 |

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420223/posts

“The ticket information revealed that the ticket was purchased in Accra, for $2, 831, with original routing for Lagos - Amsterdam- Detroit- Amsterdam- Accra, but was later re-issued to read Lagos- Amsterdam- Detroit- Lagos at the KLM office in Lagos. The return leg of the ticket was to set at January 8, 2010 out of Detroit, Michigan.”
~~~

https://www.modernghana.com/news/256651/1/nigerian-bomber-bought-ticket-in-ghana.html

NIGERIAN BOMBER BOUGHT TICKET IN GHANA

PASSPORT NUMBER ALSO REVEALED, ZUMUNTA ASSOCIATION USA CONDEMNS ACT

Lagos (THEWILL)- THEWILL has continued to investigate the attempted terrorist attack in the United States by a Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab.
“The passenger possessed a Nigerian machine readable passport issued Sept 15, 2005 to expire Sept 14, 2010 with passport number A3921640. His multiple entry US visa was issued in London, UK, on June 16, 2008 and set to expire June 2010.”

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/14614/what-abdulmutallab-was-doing-in-houston-the-fbi-should-be-all-over-these-guys/

What Abdulmutallab Was Doing In Houston: The FBI Should Be All Over These Guys

On Sunday (and thereafter), I asked what Northwest Flight 253 Islamic terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was doing in Houston in August 2008. I surmised that he probably went to some extremist mosques (redundant), and that the reactive FBI was probably all over Houston, now, trying to do the investigative work the agency should have done before the guy loaded up his undies.

snip

Among its instructors is Suhaib Webb, an Oklahoma born White guy who converted to Islam, who studied in Egypt at Al-Azhar University a/k/a Kill the Jews and the Americans U. Webb is tight with Siraj Wahhaj, the unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 Al-Qaeda World Trade Center bombing, and has given Wahaj a testimonial for fundraising purposes.

Webb is also an instructor for another online Islamic “school,” Islamic American Universal (based in the Detroit area), which was previously headed by Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader, Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. Sources have told me over the years that Webb was a skinhead before he became a Muslim–same difference. I’ve heard Webb speak at an Islamic Ramadan Iftar dinner I attended undercover in Dearbornistan, and the guy is frightening.

[GregNH]

There has never been a direct flight from DTW to Largos.

[Fred Nerks]

[Fred Nerks]

[Fred Nerks]

With a ticket to fly purchased for cash by someone in Accra Ghana...

A hypothetical return was changed from Detroit/Accra Ghana to Detroit/Lagos (with intermediate connection destinations not mentioned) for January 8.

[Fred Nerks]

https://www.wego.com.au/flights/searches/cDTT-cLOS/2018-03-21:2018-03-28/economy/1a:0c:0i?sort=price&order=asc

[Fred Nerks]

[GregNH]

He was escorted by security in Amsterdam. He should have been waterboarded to give up who paid for his ticket and who were his handlers in Amsterdam.

[Fred Nerks]

Questions remain

While allegations made by conspiracy theorists may be somewhat far-fetched, there are many unanswered questions. Government complicity aside, it has to be asked how a man apparently on a watch list managed to board two flights with explosives. How had he managed to retain a US visa? Was there a second man and why are authorities being evasive? If it is true that Abdulmutallab and the man seen by Haskell are the same person, and if the lawyer’s account of events with regards the passport are also true, how and why was Abdulmutallab allowed on board flight 253? Given the risks posed by a secondary device, why were passengers forced to remain on the plane for 20 minutes after landing? And why, if the US custom’s statement is true, were flight 253 passengers mixed with passengers from other flights?

http://tvnewswatch.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/unanswered-questions-of-flight-253.html

[GregNH]

http://haskellfamily.blogspot.com/2009/12/