The son of a white woman from Kansas and a black goat herder-turned-academic from Kenya, Obama delivered an unsentimental account of squandered opportunities in postcolonial Africa.

• 奥巴马的母亲来自堪萨斯，父亲来自克尼亚，之前是一名放羊的的牧人，后来从事学术研究。奥巴马多次利用机会在殖民地时代以后的非洲发表不动感情的演说。