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A reader writes: I am a Kenyan man living in Raleigh NC and I happened upon an entry on your blog today. You might find this a bit esoteric but I felt compelled to clarify it: “And then his father. An African intellectual. Bantu, Masai, Griot type heritage - cattle raiders, lion ...
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Morning Skim: Dylan on Obama
Opinionator — ... Quantrill. Bushwhackers, Guerillas. Wizard of Oz Kansas. I think Barack has Jefferson Davis back there in his ancestry someplace. And then his father. An African intellectual. Bantu, Masai, Griot type heritage - cattle raiders, lion killers. I mean it’s just so incongruous that these two people would meet and fall in love. You kind of get past that though. And then you’re into his story. Like an odyssey except in reverse. Bonus Bob link : A Kenyan reader writes to Andrew Sullivan to correct Dylan : No one wants to be the one to correct Bob Dylan but Barack Obama’s ...

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