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Barack Obama will head to Ghana omorrow in his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president. As the first African-American President, and someone whose father came from the continent, Mr. Obama carries tremendous symbolic weight across the continent. Joining The Takeaway from Accra, Ghana, to discuss the emotional and political implications of the president’s visit is David Amanor, from BBC Network Africa.

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