Obama PlagiaryObama PlagiaryDreams From My Father "written by" Obama plariarizes
"I
Dreamed of Africa" by Italian author Kuki Gallman (1991)
Over 50 uncommon
expressions and anecdotes pirated by Obama
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I Dreamed of Africa
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Dreams From My Father |
| Kuki Gallman | Barack Obama (Bill Ayers) |
| 1991 | 1994 |
| "He was a little man with a perennial grin" | "He was a little man with a perennial grin" |
| "readiness to obey or volunteer for any work." | "readiness to obey or volunteer for any work." |
| "sentences often became tangled in a painful stutter." | "He was a short, gentle man with a bit of a stutter; he did odd jobs." |
| Baobab [a tree] | Baobab [a tree] |
| bhang [cannabis] | bhang [cannabis] |
| boma [an enclosure] | boma [an enclosure] |
| samosa [a fried snack] | samosa [a fried snack] |
| shamba [a farm field] | shamba [a farm field] |
| liana [a vine] | liana [a vine] |
| tilapia [a fish] | tilapia [a fish] |
| kanga [a sheet of fabric] | kanga [a sheet of fabric] |
| shuka [decorative sashes] | shuka [decorative sashes] |
| young women "wrapped" in their kangas and "dressed" in "rags." The women in both books wear shukas, head shawls, head scarves, and goatskins, and they balance baskets on heads graced with "laughing smiles." | young women "wrapped" in their kangas and "dressed" in "rags." The women in both books wear shukas, head shawls, head scarves, and goatskins, and they balance baskets on heads graced with "laughing smiles." |
| men in both books spearfish in "ink-black" waters and hunt by torchlight. | men in both books spearfish in "ink-black" waters and hunt by torchlight. |
| Elephants are "fanning" themselve | Elephants are "fanning" themselves |
| birds "trill," insects "buzz," weaver birds "nest," and monkeys "mesmerize." | birds "trill," insects "buzz," weaver birds "nest," and monkeys "mesmerize." |
| The books share a veritable Noah's ark of additional fauna: crickets, crocodiles, starlings, dragonflies, tilapia, cattle, lions, sand crabs, vultures, hyenas, "herds of gazelle," and leopards that can hold small animals "in their jaws." | The books share a veritable Noah's ark of additional fauna: crickets, crocodiles, starlings, dragonflies, tilapia, cattle, lions, sand crabs, vultures, hyenas, "herds of gazelle," and leopards that can hold small animals "in their jaws." |
| On the flora front, the shared references are just as compelling: roadside palms, yellow grass, red bougainvillaea, pink bougainvillaea, fig trees, shady mango trees, thornbrush, banana leaves, Baobab trees, liana vines, tomatoes. The landscape, occasionally "barren," is rich in "undulating hills" whose "grazing lands" are dotted with the occasional "watering hole." | On the flora front, the shared references are just as compelling: roadside palms, yellow grass, red bougainvillaea, pink bougainvillaea, fig trees, shady mango trees, thornbrush, banana leaves, Baobab trees, liana vines, tomatoes. The landscape, occasionally "barren," is rich in "undulating hills" whose "grazing lands" are dotted with the occasional "watering hole." |
| The "mud and dung" houses feature "thatched roofs" "verandas," and "vegetable gardens." People seem to be carrying "straw mats" everywhere. The stars "glint" and people "waltz" underneath them. Eyes "glimmer" in the light of "campfires." Children sing in "high-pitched" rhythms, and girls endure "barbaric" circumcisions. Obama, like Gallmannn, travels to the Great Rift Valley and stands at its edge. Both visit the small trading town of Narok. | The "mud and dung" houses feature "thatched roofs" "verandas," and "vegetable gardens." People seem to be carrying "straw mats" everywhere. The stars "glint" and people "waltz" underneath them. Eyes "glimmer" in the light of "campfires." Children sing in "high-pitched" rhythms, and girls endure "barbaric" circumcisions. Obama, like Gallmannn, travels to the Great Rift Valley and stands at its edge. Both visit the small trading town of Narok. |