A couple of problems with this story. This is after Obama was born, so it doesn't specifically reflect how Barak Sr. would have thought of himself racially, especially when the baby was born. Second, it's referring to him as African in a geographical sense, not as a race. Third, he talks about being involved in the community but fails to mention starting a family in Hawaii. Fourth, it contradicts the timeline by saying he's been away from Kenya for seven years. The story said he lived in St. Louis Heights, which is not the address in the birth announcements. Yes, it's possible he thought of himself as an African, but it's even more likely that somebody else listed the racial classification FOR him. Another story from the same time period used Kenyan in the headline, so we don't really know how he identified himself.
Kenya is in Africa.
In any case, it is neither here nor there. It has absolutely nothing to do with whether Barack Obama is eligible.
You set great store by the Advertiser, I see. My experience with newspaper coverage is just the opposite. Every newspaper story I've seen about something I had first knowledge of has been inaccurate in some way. In fact, the more I know about a story, the more inadequate the printed coverage seems.
The only reason I cited the story (which I didn't read — I can't be bothered to decipher pictures of text sized for dial-up connections) was to support the fact that BHO, Sr. created a minor sensation in 1961 Honolulu by his mere presence.
This is after Obama was born, so it doesn't specifically reflect how Barak Sr. would have thought of himself racially, especially when the baby was born.
How would knocking up a white floozy affect how he thought of himself racially?
It's clear he thought of himself as an up and coming hotshot in the soon-to-be independent Kenya. That's why he returned to Kenya after his studies: he wanted to be a big fish in a little pond (Kenya), not a little fish in a big pond (the United States).
The story said he lived in St. Louis Heights, which is not the address in the birth announcements.
It's not clear they ever lived at the address in the birth announcements. The property was owned by a UH faculty member. There is a cottage in the backyard. That's probably where they intended to raise little Barry together. However, around the time of Barry's birth, his parents' relationship fell apart for reasons unknown, and she took off for Seattle with little Barry, leaving him to continue on to his degree at UH.