Please ... Hassan Marsh ... please take note that Achille Mbembe, a professor of Political History at Wits Institute of Social and Economic Research (WISER) in South Africa, is from Cameroon and not Congo as you state in your article. You put your credibility on the line when you publish without checking your facts.

You are the one who credibility is in line. Does a mistake make a whole article not worthy of consideration. Besides, it is well-writen "camroonian". We should try to make this space a serious tribune.

How sad that the subject is not so much about Obama's policies, but more about his position on the colour wheel.

Yes, he was fathered by a black Kenyan, but he was also born of a white mother at a time when a union such as theirs, between a white woman and a black man, was illegal in over half of America's states. To classify him as either black or white insults both his parents.

Despite the criticisms often levelled against the USA, the more important issue is that he may well become president of a country that - until recently - would have contemplated a mixed-race politician only if those races were of Caucasian origin – preferably with a bit of Irish thrown in.

There are very few countries where something similar could happen.

Achille Mbembe’s comments are spot-on. Should Obama become president, whether he is Black, White, yellow, or green; Christian, Muslim, Jewish, agnostic, or whatever, SHOULD be irrelevant to US policies in Africa or elsewhere.

some people, like you tell about Achille Mbembe, seems to be intelligent untill are able to know what is in the mind of Obama. I don't also accept him to say that Africa is expecting something from Obama. these are his own thoughts. I'll be proud as any african to see Obama be president because of his kenyan roots. Not more.

Please let such people give up to tell things in the name of others.