Local residents come to welcome then-Sen. Barack Obama to his ancestral village of Siaya near Kisumu, northern Kenya, during his visit in August 2006. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama with his step-grandmother and sister (left) at his ancestral home in the village of Siaya near Kisumu, northern Kenya, in August 2006. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama addresses local residents at his ancestral village of Siaya in August 2006. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama dances at a CARE HIV project near Kisumu, northern Kenya, in August 2006. The HIV/AIDS pandemic was a primary focus of Obama’s trip to Africa. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Local men chase the convoy carrying then-Sen. Barack Obama to Kisumu Hospital where he and his wife Michelle would get tested for HIV during their August 2006 visit to Kenya. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama addressing a large crowd outside Kisumu Hospital where he and his wife Michelle were tested for HIV during their 2006 visit. The Obamas took the test to encourage African men and women to be tested for the disease. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Local men climbed trees to listen to then-Sen. Barack Obama addressing the crowd outside Kisumu Hospital where he and his wife Michelle were tested for HIV in August 2006. (Gary Knight/VII)
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A crowd cheer then-Sen. Barack Obama during his visit to the Memorial Park in Nairobi where the U.S. Embassy that was bombed by Al Qaeda in 1998 once stood. (Gary Knight/VII)
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama greets the crowd that gathered to see him at Memorial Park in Nairobi where the U.S. Embassy that was bombed by Al Qaeda in 1998 once stood. (Gary Knight/VII)
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