Barack Obama in Kenya: 'no excuse' for treating women as second-class citizens
- ‘Just because something is part of your past doesn’t make it right’, Obama says
- Rousing address in Nairobi also offers insight into his African heritage
- Obama’s half-sister Auma introduces him at the Moi international sports centre in Nairobi. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images
- Barack Obama speaks to a large crowd at a Nairobi sports centre in Guardian video.
- David Smith in Nairobi-Sunday 26 July 2015
Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to Kenya on Sunday with a strong condemnation of female genital mutilation and other “bad traditions” that treat women as second-class citizens, in a speech that also a offered a poignant glimpse into his African heritage.
