Afryka

No. 44 (2016): Afryka
Artykuły

“Walking on the Water”. Barack Obama from the Perspective of Kenyan Cartoonists

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  • Maria Piotrowska

Published 2016-10-01

Keywords

  • Kenya,
  • Barack Obama,
  • political caricature,
  • satire,
  • media

Abstract

Political caricature has become a significant cultural text allowing us to deeply understand social emotions connected to the current, significant events. In this article, analyzing Kenyan political satire, I try to define Kenyans’ approach to Barack Obama at the time of his presidency, as well as presenting US and Kenya’s relations during that period. In this article my attempt is to show that Kenyan political caricature is a tool that allows the author to share emotions, judgments and opinions addressed to different social groups. Its main goal is to quickly react to the political events and to comment on them. Due to its simplicity, political caricature has an extensive audience.

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