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  • Welcome to Hotel Obama

    Welcome to Hotel Obama

    By Mara Schiavocampo

    11:46 AM on 07/10/2009

    ACCRA, GHANA -- Obama fever has gripped Ghana. Ghanaians want anything Obama-related, from T-shirts to songs. Now, some can sleep in his room. Hotel Obama is a brand new hotel in Ghana's capital city. Every room is designed around a...

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  • Ghana official: Obamas are coming home

    Ghana official: Obamas are coming home

    By Mara Schiavocampo

    7:11 PM on 07/09/2009

    CAPE COAST, GHANA -- The Grio's correspondent Mara Schiavocampo spoke today with Deputy Minister of Tourism Kwabena Akyeampong. Their conversation centered on a tour of Cape Coast Castle, a historic slave castle along Ghana's central coast. Deputy Minister Akyeampong...

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  • Mara vlogs from Ghana

    By Mara Schiavocampo

    7:05 AM on 07/09/2009

    I'm in Ghana working on some stories related to the President's upcoming visit. Friday Obama arrives in the capital city of Accra for his first stop in sub-Saharan Africa as President. As producer Anthony Galloway and I have been going...

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  • Black American in Africa anticipates Obama's arrival

    Black American in Africa anticipates Obama's arrival

    By Mara Schiavocampo

    11:00 AM on 07/08/2009

    The Grio's contributing correspondent Mara Schiavocampo paid a visit to Dr. Erieka Bennett, Head of Mission for the Diaspora African Forum in Accra, Ghana. Bennett is an African-American who has lived in Africa for the last 8 years. She expressed...

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  • theGrio tweets from Ghana in preparation for the Obamas' visit

    By Mara Schiavocampo

    3:30 PM on 07/06/2009

    Mara Schiavocampo and Anthony Galloway are on the ground in Ghana getting local stories and talking to Ghanains about the Obama family's visit. Be sure to check in as they tweet from the streets of Accra and across the country.

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