Obamamania sweeping Africa

Barack Obama’s nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate for the US presidency has sparked off a wave of Obamamania in Africa, the continent where his father was born and where many of his relatives live.

Africans for Obama 08 held an event in Lagos, Nigeria where the performers pounded on animal-skin drums, the singer sang praise for Mr Obama, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the US presidential candidate joined in the chorus: “We can do it! Yes we can!”