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OAH Newsletter features "The Obama Phenomenon": A Forum

The Obama Phenomenon in Historical Perspective
Lawrence J. Friedman

Obama in Global Perspective
Joseph Gerson

Obama through the Eyes of Middle Easterners
and North Africans

Miray Zaki

The Obama Phenomenon in Great Britain
Richard H. King

Obama for “Head of State”? A South African Perspective
Tula Dlamini

Can Obama Seize Time by the Forelock?
Hiroshi Taka

The Obama Phenomenon in Nigeria
Adebayo A. Lawal

What Kenyans Think about an Obama Win
Monica-Wanambisi Mweseli

Reception of the Obama Candidacy in Bangladesh
Khondaker M. Kabir

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