 obama tries to escape george w bush s long shadow in africa africa was expecting a lot from america s first black president whose father was from kenya george w bush is credited with saving millions of lives with his antiaids work and bill clinton eliminated trade restrictions for thousands of exports to the us president obama must walk a fine line what does the president plan to do for africa it s an interesting approach coming from a president who engenders dependency in this country read more  washingtonexaminercom obamatriestoescapegeorgewbushslongshadowinafrica article 2532524 