--- title: Barack Obama Gets Cartoon Treatment for Africa Trip description: Local political cartoonists are setting their sights on President Obama for his two-country trip to Africa this week canonical: https://time.com/3971826/obama-african-trip-political-cartoons/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-24T20:07:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:19.534Z article:section: Politics og:title: See How Obama Is Depicted in Africa's Political Cartoons og:description: Local political cartoonists are setting their sights on President Obama for his trip og:url: https://time.com/3971826/obama-african-trip-political-cartoons/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74ce6b0a4a7418b4/69885c6dcd1bba3d826fc6f1/obama-political-cartoons-africa-03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Obama Political Cartoons Africa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See How Obama Is Depicted in Africa's Political Cartoons twitter:description: Local political cartoonists are setting their sights on President Obama for his trip twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74ce6b0a4a7418b4/69885c6dcd1bba3d826fc6f1/obama-political-cartoons-africa-03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See How Obama Is Depicted in Africa's Political Cartoons by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 24, 2015 8:07 PM CUT  Cartoon by Godfrey Mwampembwa, a.k.a GADO, Courtesy of PAWA254 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 24, 2015 8:07 PM CUT  Cartoon by Godfrey Mwampembwa, a.k.a GADO, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Celeste Wamiru, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Victor Ndula, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Godfrey Mwampembwa, a.k.a GADO, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Celeste Wamiru, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Godfrey Mwampembwa, a.k.a GADO, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Godfrey Mwampembwa, a.k.a GADO, Courtesy of PAWA254  Cartoon by Eric “Gammz” Ngammau, Courtesy of PAWA254 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3971826/obama-african-trip-political-cartoons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3971826/obama-african-trip-political-cartoons/"},"headline":"See How Obama Is Depicted in Africa's Political Cartoons","datePublished":"2015-07-24T20:07:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:19.534Z","description":"Local political cartoonists are setting their sights on President Obama for his two-country trip to Africa this week. Check out some of these cartoons on exhibit in Kenya","url":"https://time.com/3971826/obama-african-trip-political-cartoons/","keywords":["photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74ce6b0a4a7418b4/69885c6dcd1bba3d826fc6f1/obama-political-cartoons-africa-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74ce6b0a4a7418b4/69885c6dcd1bba3d826fc6f1/obama-political-cartoons-africa-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama Political Cartoons Africa","caption":"Obama Political Cartoons Africa","creditText":"Cartoon by Godfrey Mwampembwa, a.k.a GADO, Courtesy of PAWA254","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3971826/obama-african-trip-political-cartoons/","name":"See How Obama Is Depicted in Africa's Political Cartoons"}}]}] ```