Tuesday, November 04, 2008

People worldwide react to Obama win

A great quote about Barack Obama's selection as president from the New York Times article For Many Abroad, an Ideal Renewed.

Francis Nyamnjoh, a Cameroonian novelist and social scientist, said that for America to choose as its citizen in chief such a skillful straddler of global identities could not help but transform the nation’s image, making it once again the screen upon which the hopes and ambitions of the world are projected. Read the full article.

First Family
President-elect Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle
and two daughters, Malia, 7. and Sasha, 10 wave to the crowd in Chicago.
BROOKS KRAFT / CORBIS FOR TIME

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