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"Roy and I went to the water tank and bathed ourselves in the open air" Barack says
When Barack 0bama landed in Kenya for the first time in 1987 it was a 'retrace my roots' trip of mixed emotions.
While he encountered rude waiters, lost his bags at the airport, visited Mathare slums, had soda at the City Market, and shot basketball at University of Nairobi's Main Campus, the real adventure was waiting in his father's Nyang'oma village in Kogelo.
Besides recounting stories of night runners and sipping chang'aa, his American stomach had issues with rural cuisine. Sema kuendesha!
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