Politics U.S.-Africa

Obama was just another U.S. president

Koffi Sename, a Togolese architect
Koffi Sename, a Togolese architect

BY KOFFI SENAME

An architect

I didn’t really follow Obama’s presidency. It was a good thing to have a black president, which is proof that black people have the capacity to lead. I didn’t see anything really changed all over the world. He was just another US president with more sway, more style. He was a sexier president; especially with his family he brought a new way of seeing presidents.

I don’t expect anything from Donald Trump. He is not the president of the world.

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Koffi Sename is an architect, a researcher in anthropology, ICT social entrepreneur and a poet. He’s the founder of ‘L’Africaine d’architecture,’ a platform that aims to explore the possibilities of an alternative architecture based on the line “modernity rooted” enhancing vernacular aesthetics and resources.