Oba"ma"

I went to an unofficial Obama inauguration party last Tuesday. Quite interesting being surrounded by South Africans (and some Americans) and seeing people's reactions. There was a poster in the room with MLK, Obama, and Mandela. Later in the week, I went to a workshop where the speaker was talking about how kids in the townships are so excited about Obama. In fact, they are all saying that anyone whose name ends in "m-a" is someone special...Oh boy.