Senegalese receive Barack Obama this Wednesday, June 26, 2013. For the country, it is an honor to welcome the President of the first world power. But it is especially an honor to a man, Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States: the charismatic Obama, Obama Democrat. A visit to prestige, so many Senegalese but do not expect miracles from this move.
Also an honor to have been chosen, failing to present an economic interest in the foreground.U.S. President comes to Senegal, a country that is a beacon of stability in Sahel prey to jihadist threat. Also a country that saved its democracy after a presidential high risk.
” Senegal is one of the few islands of democracy in Francophone Africa beset by state and dictatorships do not say their names shots, that’s what was crucial , “a diplomat analysis.
Commit to Africa
Senegal is also home to the island of Goree and his house slaves, a hyphen in the history of the two continents. Barack Obama will gather here: a gesture that can touch the heart of millions of African Americans.
” This is a strong hope that people are going through, but it is clear that this hope, somewhere, is excessive , says sociologist DjibyDiakhaté, lecturer at the University Cheikh Anta Diop and Director Research at the African Institute of Management. The arrival of the world’s most powerful president is one thing, making this real hope acts are another. What is more important is the interest that will have U.S. investors to the country, but also the mechanisms that will be put in place to improve the attractiveness and bring these investors say that when we put our money here for sure that we will grow with Africans ” .
Still, many Senegalese do not expect more miracles this visit. If they listen to the rhetoric carefully, they expect the U.S. president is a real political alongside – or help – Democrats and commitment to Africa.
Barack Obama in Senegal: a tour of prestige but not expected miracles
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