Everyone Says They're Related To Obama Here (#68)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Deep in the countryside of western Kenya lies Kogelo, the village where Barack Obama's father grew up, and also until recently, the home of his grandmother. Now, I hate American politics, and I wouldn't call myself a Democrat or a Republican. But this was too damn interesting to pass up. An entire village of people claiming to be related to Obama, former president of the United States? I set off from Kisumu to go check it out.
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WHOA I'M ALIVE! I've recovered from my malariacovidebolaids and am back in action. Sorry to keep you waiting, I just wanted to know that you miss me. This is the first of the final 5 videos from Kenya, and each one is somehow more dramatic than the next. And I think you know me well enough at this point to know that's not an exaggeration.
Let's start off easy with Obama's family.
Sidenote: apparently it's a thing in Kogelo for almost everyone to claim relation to Obama, often without proof. So I can't confirm what everyone is saying in this video (except for the family at the grandma's house). But hell, if you lived there, you'd probably claim relation too, now wouldn't you?
Sidenote 2: In case you're wondering if I'm a Democrat or a Republican, I'm neither. American politics sucks. Nacheza kama mimi
Glad you're back!!!! I missed you
😂 man I love your adaptability to the local scene wherever you go… “endelea kucheza kama wewe” 👊🏾👊🏾
Epic
@@sam3407 that’s a NY secret my guy.
Cheza kama wewe kabisa
"You're more than just a worker. You have your own story too."
He is so kind.
I loved that part too. We are all equal.
@@snowydoovey That is true, although some are more equal than others. This clip reminded me so much of what I love about Africa, in just a few minutes you can go from a bustling town centre where people are trying to sell you just about everything under the sun to rural areas where the loudest noises are the wind rustling through the trees or the sound of a goat bleating. I felt as welcome in Obama's village, despite watching from thousands of miles away, as much as Sabbatical clearly was...wonderful, wonderful people. I have been watching these clips in chronological order, revisiting places I have seen on my travels, this is probably my favourite so far...may there be many more!
Life would be better if we would actually integrate this behavior, as it were.
The young lady who gave you a tour of the residence has a potential to be the next president.
I noticed the same and wouldn't put it any better! Very couragious, open minded, and equally, so nice.
@@UnitedEast21 She is way cooler than me, and she probably doesn't have youtube, that's hard to come by.
She’s overqualified !
Sadly, not President of the United States....one of the 3 requirements are, "be a natural born citizen of the U.S.". But maybe President of Kenya!
Sabbatical has this way of immersing himself in a culture to a point that the locals feel comfortable and safe to engage and open up to him about various issues...Great content too
Yeah, that's what makes him stand out
I don't think he knows how odd his movements are. As a Kenyan even, it's difficult to get a guy coming from the river, he invites you to his humble home, then he tells you (politely) that he has to go to the market, he changes,, then you leave. He didn't try nothing! Man, Sabbatical is doing us proud.
Am telling,tommy blows my mind with his personality,sometime I worry for him just watching,he is like a Canary in a hurricane sometime😎
This is Obama birth place
Luos are so literate. Even the village people speak nice english and Kiswahili
So sad how this is "impressive"
@@joachim291 Well it is compared to other villages in Africa. It’s important to be literate
@@joachim291 bruh they aren’t in a “typical” English speaking country so they mostly have to speak English to each other and not many foreigners.
This village however has had a lot of contact with Americans so they can refine their skills. Also Obama put a lot of money into the village so they probably have an English teaching area to communicate with visitors lol
@@jagmannenarbrand8373 No, my friend. English and Kiswahili are the national languages. We also have about 45 other languages spoken by different tribes. So, the average Kenyan speaks at least 3 languages. Do not change our narrative with inaccuracies, thanks.
You have chief Odera Akang’o to thank for that. More than a hundred years ago he forced every child in Gem region to go to school and even built a prison to put parents who refused.
Today Gem region and it’s surroundings has the most PhDs and Professors in the country
One of the coolest things I’ve seen any you tuber say to another person “you’re more than just a worker”
Tommy got the gift of gab
@@unkwm128 I mean the gift of gab is like bullshitting someone to tell them what they want to hear . That was not this. This was genuine 100% which is why I commented on it and aside from that he’s 1000% right. We have got to get away from this living through other people on TV bullshit. I’m just as supportive and hopeful for the janitor at my elementary as those who pretend to be people they are not for millions of dollars or those who play a pro sport for millions of dollars. All LIVES MATTER
@@OG-Ghost33 Yeah to me as I was brought up it was never never referred to as BS, it meant to have the ability/gift to speak with a large range of people. BS is just BS
@@unkwm128 ya your right I may have came off a little to harsh on that but you are correct and not only does he have the gift of gab but he can do it in multiple languages which makes it extremely unique
@@unkwm128 Sounds more honest than gift of gab. His judt naturally nice guy me think.
When you told that lady ''you are more than just worker'' says a lot about you! Please never stop doing what you're doing its an inspiration to me.
Even the goats are like “Obama’s my uncle!”
😂😂😂
Kkkk
What guys need to understand is that in the African set up, families live together in villages. You can't even marry from the same village because essentially you will be marrying your relative. So when you hear almost everyone is related to the Obamas then it's pretty much accurate but definitely some may lie just to be associated with the famous family.
@@robertidenya1432 This was my thought, the whole time in the video.
I think it's fairly accurate. Just extended families.
I liked your comeback "friends don't give friends money"
This isn’t true but I’m westernized so that explains why I say that
Been waiting for another African adventure and you’ve not disappointed us Tommy. As expected great to see the sub figures increasing , I’m sure the 1M figure is only around the corner for you, easily one of the best current TH-cam travellers, keeping it real.
Obama’s birth place
That was a nice exchange with the guy in shorts..
Actually it was a nice exchange with everyone
It's nice to have you back Tommy.just yesterday I was watching one of the old videos, just shows how much this channel has become a part of my life . Am happy you recovered.
Much love from Uganda the land of matako.
Oh you, you know how to get me to like a comment
@@SabbaticalTommy we know u love matakos😂
@@SabbaticalTommy do you know Jim Nduruchi Kenya 🇰🇪😳🤣
A million likes from me. You are so blessed with getting along with people /strangers.
Welcome to the land of professors & doctors...where you just dont throw stones anyhowly...you might hit very important people😂😆😉
🤣🤣💥💥💥💥💥
Nobody:
Tommy to goats: Where are your parents?😂😂
"You are more than just a worker"made me tear up a little bit there...
@@lucykasiga6928 probably the best thing I've ever heard a youtuber tell anyone.
Goats in chorus: Our uncle, Obama, is in America!!!!
Luos are very welcoming.The Wayne Rooney guy just made my day...`Am purse would awino'😂😂😂
Your showing real Africa not like other youtubers and news channel great job man 👏👏keep going👍👍
I love how I'm getting addicted to this channel after watching everybody knows me. Mbogi
Didn't realize how much I'd missed your videos! Love your comment, 'You're not just a worker. Everyone has their story.' Loved the not kali mbwa. Happy video!
this is one underrated youtube channel
"the one who voted for trump?" Lady: "He has his own choice, the right to choose" It seems she has a better grasp of democracy than most in the western world these days
Exactly , only one narrative is welcomed in most western societies these days, if i Where American I could have choose Trump over Obama and i m black African , the he is racist , racist sang by the other group (who historical have supported and still supporting some sick things especially in my continent) would never have convinced me. Us in Africa have also same problem in the sense that those who don't support the president are seen by the army as enemies of freedom..... Sick world in general...
@@sambaemol2476 yes, Americans like to think we are different to those with bad views on democracy. But it is always easier to see that stuff when you are looking at others, and harder to notice when you are living in it. Or believe in shaming others like they are animals just because they voted differently than you. We don’t have to agree but when a few on one side are being assholes it makes the other side assholes to the whole one side and vis versa. Until everyone is just being an asshole
Don’t get me started on the ones who get mad at independent voters for “throwing their vote away,” as if their candidate was entitled to it! 🙄
I thought the same thing...
It's such a beautiful thing to hear..
What an incredible video,I really enjoyed your trip too👌👌💪
Let me educate you a little. In our African villages especially Kenya we live in our ancestral homes. Every tribe has its own clan. The clan members live i the same area since they are of the same great great great grand parent. People from the same clan cannot marry since they are blood related. So when these people say that they are related to Obama tbey know exactly what they are saying. They are from th e same clan
Thanks. I wanted to say the same thing too
Cool
Nothing to be proud of. He took very bad care of his "relatives" including his grandmother.
@@bettina1223 yeah, it’s kind of shocking. Malik is the real MVP
@@bettina1223 what could he have done, steal to provide for them and were they complaining
That was a nice laid back village. The kind of place I’d like to live in America. Away from the city hustle and bustle.
Awesome that is just around my home nice one Bro. Pole kwa ugonjwa. great content.I am Glad you met the Luos..erokomano, and you are a very courageous white man my brother. Welcome to Kisumu.
“Everyone knows me!”
“Obama is my uncle”
The trilogy continues!
back in the days a men could have many wives i think thats how everyone is related to obama somehow
@@antarcaesar9836 they're all the great grand children of Ogelo, hence K'Ogelo clan....I don't know how many generations they go back , but it could be over 10.
@@1stOLYMPIAD_HEBSED yes teach them. In Africa we live together in one big family and form a clan. That was a clan and clan is made up of families. White people recognizes their nuclear family. They have no clan.
19:40 He was asking why are you talking to yourself? 😂
Rule number one don't make an eye contact with a hawker, you will have to buy what he is selling 😅😅😅😅
The man with "Crysta balls is ball is back" The village looks cool,green and peaceful. Thank you for showing us the white house and the friendliness of the people
I died at the delivery of “and here you have the White House” 😆
I laughed for a while there too.
I was expecting him to pronounce it the same as shown.. Whit House.
Hey Tommy 👋 found your channel 2 weeks ago and have been binge watching you...love it when you go to the remote village's...keep doing what you're doing...take care my friend..sending you love from London 🇬🇧 ❤
you are not just a worker you have a story too..That is a very very powerful statement.It shows you are a truly great guy.
Obama has quite a huge family in kogelo 😂😂
It's true am from Luo community and in most villages families settled together. Great grandparents and their cousins and uncles.If you follow Luo family tree in a village you can trace them to one family. They don't intermarry in a village you get husband or wife from another village lest you marry a relative it's weird but it's true.
@@erickandrew8524you actually find yourself in another tribe altogether. My maternal family is from Kisii but with many cousins from the Luo side. Grandpa was a Luo that settled in Kisii.
Possibly your best episode yet, keep on keeping it real
The way Owino just added you to his program for the day! Edit: and then he just left you hanging by the road side
It felt rather weird ()
I guess he thought Sabbatical would share the bike with him as some do in the village but he didn't want to ask coz they're all guys.
Owino my brother you don't do that to a guest. He see him off safely then you go about your business
Music was lovely though.
When are you visiting Uganda luo Tommy?
@@carolineaciro2079 I highly suspect Owino was rushing to go on a date, that's why he bathed and changed clothes.
How did he leave him hanging didn't he offer him a ride, common where did your common sense elope to
Ogelo is the great grandfather, he is the head of clan,kogelo means from clan or bloodline of ogelo, all people in that area are related to ogelo,they are great grandchildren,cousins,1st,2nd or 3rd cousins. So it's true they are related to obama.
Mystery sorted!!!👍🏽
Same in Ireland when Obama came everyone in the town was claiming to be his cousin lol
@@irishjusticesystemisathrea4448 Who are you even?
@@irishjusticesystemisathrea4448 lol
@@irishjusticesystemisathrea4448 Nobody. NEXT!!!!!
The whole O'Bama clan?
I like the way you laughed when you asked everyone if they are related to Obama and they said yes😂😂😂 lol
Am a Luo and I am related with almost every body in our village and neighboring village. The relation comes from our grandparents and their cousins they settled in the same area. I can't marry from our area we are all distant cousins. It's the same with kogello village. So people don't be surprised those people in that village are lated.
they don't know
Christine from Trinidad living in Maryland, USA. Awesome video! I visited that compound in 2009 and meet Mama Sarah Obama. It looks a bit different without the security and of course Mama Sarah is no longer there. Good good content. Thanks for sharing.
Welcome back
Mr. Raymond spoke well and had some good information. Mr. Obama's visit gave the village a road, electricity and water. No need for act of congress !! 😃
NOBODY begged for money, except that man at the end. What a spoiler!
For sure
They are the lazy drunks hanging around the market doing nothing
Village drunkards will pester house helps for money leave alone a white tourist
@@lifehacks1019 pardon?
I almost thought mnazi took this fellow out. Thank God he is alive!
I liked the guy with short, the first guy who said Obama was his uncle, he was so articulated. And that dude, the second man who said he is another uncle to Obama, his house? It was nice inside than i could judge from outside ❤️
That lady at Obama home deserved a tip.Quite knowledgeable and kind.
"He has a right to choose"
I thought the same and then yet again I thought it might’ve done it off camera so nobody tries to take her money
Glad to hear that you have recovered. It’s great to see the Obama’s place of humble beginnings. The village looks so serene and pretty. It’s a different kind of beauty. Love your vids. Keep them coming.
Humble beginnings for the father obama himself only visited that place once as a teenager..then Twice as an adult
@tuforu4 whats backward ?
@tuforu4 who should do that ?
@tuforu4 I see a beautiful land .. not everywhere needs skyscrapers
tuforu4 what about hunger ? People are starving everywhere
You are an amazing person ...
Hats off to you
I.missed you. I love how random your videos are 😂
Yess!!! We've been waiting for toooo loong.
I was thinking in the beginning of the video the people in the village are really laid back and nice. It makes sense hearing a lot of them are related to Obama.
you do more for the goodwill of America in the world than half the US Army
Especially after that nightmare pullout of Afghanistan…
Best channel on TH-cam.
This guy's Swahili always makes me smile 😂
@27.21, the man was very happy to welcome you to his humble house. It may have been a mud house but the interior was well furnished! I am impressed.
There you are!! I was wondering whether Tom has taken a Sabbatical from the Sabbatical!! Yes indeed you were missed and more than once. TH-cam if you're listening, add a feature that anytime a subscriber (or a not subscriber ungrateful viewer) visits a channel for a new video, the channel gets a visitor notification or a count of the people missing the TH-camr!!
Hey Sabbatical, which countries have you visited worldwide? Love the African content :)
The Luos have a positive stereotype of being smart in Kenya. I think you can tell by the way the village old man (19:42) can hold a conversation pretty well in English which is probably his third language. A lot of scientists, doctors, and engineers come from this community.
Absolutely! I had a stellar nurse from this village here in the U.S. The man was super intelligent and I don’t think there was a person he could not talk to in their language. Where I live it’s mostly English , Spanish , a few Arabic languages , Hindi and Korean . He definitely could good his own linguistically .
@@ssshadowwolf6762 Some say it's because of their Omega 3 rich diet. They eat fish almost daily since childhood.
Where are you?
@@dlasky who told you that?
@@irenedavo3768 Is it not true? You can correct me if am wrong
The uncle schooled us,very informative 👍
woow Afrika my continent,I love what youre documenting there.
Awesome video!! Tommy never disappoints. Unscripted content that relate to every day life of ordinary citizens in rural Africa.
Thammy never disappoints
Sabbatical, glad to have you back. Please stay safe. Much love from Canada.🇨🇦
How do I get to Canada via an invitation?
it seemed like i had waited for a whole just to watch another video from you guy... big up
Best Professor History that I have is this man.
and Languages as well..
Kenya 🇰🇪 is a beautiful place
You have covered it like no other TH-camr has, very authentic
YOU'RE ALIVE! I was starting to think that you'd taken an indefinite sabbatical from this channel
Sabbatical is soo cool. So gentle and empathetic with the people thats why they love him
Almost at 100k bro. Remember when you’re at 1k few months ago 🙌🏿🙌🏿
Feels like just yesterday I was getting kicked out of the yacht club in Dar
@@SabbaticalTommy Congrats on your way to 100k. You deserve it man.
Love your sense of humor on this one!
Wow this one was fabulous 👌 👏
Great vlog!
Great content!
Smart guys in Kogello village.
Keep it up 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Thanks for another great video. I love that village. So serene and beautiful.
Friendly people in that Obama town,🇹🇿
Kenyans countryside is very different from Nairobi..people are very kind.Unfortunately our brothers equate the whole of Kenya with Nairobi
Your Kiswahili has greatly improved. You don’t stutter anymore
Well I'm not sure if it's better but it hasn't gotten worse, at least
@@SabbaticalTommy
Uko sawa , from a Kenyan in the U.S 😂
Someone should tag Obama or Mitchell to watch this😂😂😂😂
Absolutely. That would be awesome.
WoW.... The lady is very chill. ✌️😊👍
You know how to mix with the locals 👍
Missed you brother. Please come back to uploads every 2-3 days. 🙏🙏🙏
Home sweet home! Dala pacho. Awesome video. Luos love dressing up. 🤩
Sabbatical, @12,50 Luos love to dress. Even in the village.
Lost and Found Sabatical, God is good you're back in action
We have been missing you, but thank you for the uploads. You have really enjoyed Kenya. That Port Florence (Kisumu) was part of Uganda until around1908.
Just catching up and man you get around! Feels like I've missed so much. These village episodes are practically therapy. The beauty of the place and warmth and generosity of the people is inspiring.
This is going to go to at least a million views. I was here at 513 views
Missed you brother! You are an inspiration to me to get my s*** together and travel to places that I've always dreamed about!
If I can’t see people to, let me talk to the goats..meeee 🐐 🐐
Please visit Northern Part of Kenya, Samburu County. You will love it there. I am here if you need help. You are always welcomed to KENYA.
They haven’t cemented grandmas grave yet because she literally just passed away in the last 2 months s
No, the family has to come back for the ceremony. Maybe after a year or two.
I don’t know when the video was done but it has already been cemented
He did this video 2 days ago
Welcome back champ !!!
Thanks Tommy once again for risking your safety (and sanity!) to provide us with such interesting videos of African life.
Even if you’re a republican 😂😂 dude you’re hilarious I’ve been bingeing you’re videos!
100k here we come.💃
Thanks Tommy, this was another great tour. The Kenyans are so amazing friendly. When I arrive in Kenya i shall put it to the test. Lol! Greeting Tommy! Cheers!
Phew. You're BACK! Looking forward to watch this later in the day. But yeah, I was getting tired of NO TOMMY VIDS! (Though wasn't going to call the Embassy to file a missing person's report... ;)
i have been waiting for a new video until i got worried if someone stole your camera in Mombasa
Hi Tommy....we missed u
Great content! More than what the Fourth Estate has evet exposed. Kudos!
'Yes we can!'
I've been trying to learn Swahilli but you put me to shame. How can you sound so fluent and competent is such a short time......
nice and chilled up there, wanna visit next month,