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Barack Obama meets BBC's home of new black music [audio 20min]

Could Barack Obama be America's first black president? The 'skinny man with a funny name' says people always get it wrong, and call him 'Alabama' or 'Yo Mama'. Barack Obama was elected as the only black Senator after wowing the Democrats with a charismatic conference speech. Half-Kenyan Barack is a knockout with all kinds of voters, even getting sun-burnt farmers in deep Republican country to consider voting Democrat.
Read entire article at BBC 1Xtra "Barack Obama"