In Ghana as in Cairo, Obama used his biography to create standing to point out inconvenient truths to the people of the region he was visiting. He alluded to his grandfather's humiliation as a servant of British masters as prelude to saying 'don't blame colonialism for current woes.' He used his father's thwarted career as a public servant as a springboard for a focus on corruption:
Obama to Africans in Ghana: do it yourself...
Obama to Africans in Ghana: do it yourself...
Obama to Africans in Ghana: do it yourself...
In Ghana as in Cairo, Obama used his biography to create standing to point out inconvenient truths to the people of the region he was visiting. He alluded to his grandfather's humiliation as a servant of British masters as prelude to saying 'don't blame colonialism for current woes.' He used his father's thwarted career as a public servant as a springboard for a focus on corruption: