{"id":7168,"date":"2015-10-20T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T05:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2018-09-07T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T19:13:47","slug":"barack-obama-spotted-by-the-nandi-bear-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/barack-obama-spotted-by-the-nandi-bear-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama spotted by the Nandi Bear in Kenya!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nandibear.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-book.jpg\" alt=\"Nandibear.com book tracker\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nandibear.com\/plant\/passports\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-books.jpg\" alt=\"Nandibear.com books passports tracking\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-books.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-books-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nandibear.com\/plant\/stamps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-stamps.jpg\" alt=\"Nandibear.com books stamps tracking\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;ve been developing a book tracking website called<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nandibear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nandibear.com<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for almost a year now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For readers who may not already know a Nandi Bear is a cryptid animal which purportedly lives in Kenya and ostensibly elsewhere in east Africa. The bear is named for the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nandi_people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nandi people of Kenya<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">who believe that the bear hunts humans and then eats their brains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the Nandi Bear website you can track books as they travel the world. You can see where books have been and how far they&#8217;ve traveled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Everyone is eligible to sign-up at the site and apply for a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nandibear.com\/plant\/passports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nandi Bear Passport<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(one for each book which you&#8217;d like to track). \u00a0After doing so you can print Nandi Bear Passport stickers for your books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Getting a passport for books that you are donating to charity or libraries (or gifting)\u00a0is a spectacular and thought-provoking idea as you may be able to see where your books end up at and possibly new owners throughout the years and maybe even international travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Likewise, if you receive, find or purchase a book which contains a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nandibear.com\/nandibear-passport-sticker-x4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">NandiBear Passport Sticker<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">inside the front cover you&#8217;ll be able to go online at NandiBear.com and enter the book&#8217;s unique Nandi Bear Passport number and see where the book has been in the past.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the same NandiBear.com website you&#8217;ll be able to get a digital<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nandibear.com\/plant\/stamps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nandi Bear Passport Stamp<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for your book which will let others know of the book&#8217;s new location and how you personally acquired (e.g., found it, bought at used book store, received as a gift) the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As the title today&#8217;s featured report suggests the Nandi Bear has spotted Barack Obama [Sr.] on the front cover of his son Malik Obama&#8217;s book,\u00a0<em>Barack Obama Sr: The Rise and Life of a True African Scholar <\/em>(Nandi Bear passport\u00a0<strong>2015001131<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Malik&#8217;s book was copyrighted at some point in 2012 and I purchased my first copy (hardcover) in April of 2013. \u00a0Within the book I discovered several riveting old photographs of Barack Obama Sr.&#8217;s passport from colonial Kenya\u00a0as well as a second passport for post-colonial Kenya. \u00a0Additionally I found other photographs within Malik&#8217;s book including Obama Sr.&#8217;s\u00a0Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In mid April, 2013 we published a number of reports here at WOBIK which included scans of the above referenced documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong>. \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/barrack-obama-eligibility\/barack-hussein-obama-sr-british-passport-april-29-1959\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Barack Hussein Obama (Sr.) \u2013 British Passport \u2013 April 29, 1959<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/barrack-obama-eligibility\/barack-hussein-obama-sr-kenya-passport-no-5866-september-18-1964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Barack Hussein Obama (Sr.) \u2013 Kenya Passport (no. 5866) \u2013 September 18, 1964<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/barrack-obama-eligibility\/close-up-barack-hussein-obama-sr-passport-photographs-1959-1964\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Close-up Barack Hussein Obama (Sr.) passport photographs (1959 &amp; 1964)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/barrack-obama-eligibility\/barack-h-obama-sr-bachelor-of-arts-university-of-hawaii-june-17-1962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Barack H. Obama (Sr.) \u2013 Bachelor of Arts \u2013 University of Hawaii \u2013 June 17, 1962<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I also applied for a Nandi Bear Passport for my copy of Ben Carson&#8217;s book, <em>One Nation:\u00a0What we can all do to save America&#8217;s future\u00a0<\/em>(Nandi Bear passport\u00a0<strong>2015001130<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Directly below is a pic of the Nandi Bear passport stickers which have been affixed to the inside covers of both\u00a0books &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-book-sticker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-book-sticker-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Nandibear.com book tracking passport sticker\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-book-sticker-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nandibear.com-book-sticker-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. There are no stipulations of political correctness on this blog. Speak your mind, give us your thoughts, both objective and subjective. Share your ideas, hunches, inklings or your expertise. Please provide recommendation and corrections if you spot errors in fact within the blog report. Lastly, remember that posting a comment is much like casting a vote, so please do so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been developing a book tracking website called Nandibear.com for almost a year now. For readers who may not already know a Nandi Bear is a cryptid animal which purportedly lives in Kenya and ostensibly elsewhere in east Africa. 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