Obama’s father was a Kenyan, so the locals are celebrating in grand style the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States . I wake up this Sunday in Nairobi to photos of Obama on the front pages of the newspaper.
But that is not all, advertisements inform readers about every detail of the inauguration, or how one can get Obama inaugural speech on their mobile phone, or celebratory prayer services at churches across the country today, and even the Obama Musical, a “victory show” at the Kenya National Theater from today thru Tuesday, described as a “story of Kenyan-American told in dance, music, song and narrative.”
I am here this week and will definitely be blogging about the spirit of celebration that embraces all Kenyans.
As my Kenyan driver told me on the way from the airport last night:
“We feel that President Obama is one of our own; we rejoice in the fact that he has Kenyan roots, it is a great day for Kenya, for America and for the world. You American people have shown the world how great you are by electing Obama.”
Front page ad for The New York Times
It was a matter of time, and the difficult economy should probably take the credit for this feat: The New York Times places an ad on page one. It looks good, and I am sure that this will not affect readers who are growing accustomed to seeing ads on the front page of their newspapers. It is done worldwide, but American newspapers have been late to get there. The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, along with dozens of regional metropolitan dailies, have already placed ads on Page One. It simply took that classic daily, NYT, a little longer to go that way.
For more information:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/business/media/05times.html
One million of you!
Speaking of celebrations, we at Garcia Media, and me personally, celebrate this weekend as we ushered the one millionth visitor to TheMarioBlog. I thank you for coming to share some of your busy time with me here. We welcome your comments and participation as we take you through my daily journey across the globe. I thank you for your many emails and comments, all of which serve to inspire me and to make me sit down to share my thoughts with you.
TheMarioBlog posting #170