People carry an U.S. flag as they celebrate U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama’s historic White House victory in Nairobi’s Kibera slum on Wednesday. Kenyans in Obama’s ancestral homeland sang and danced with joy on Wednesday as the Illinois senator they see as one of their own became the first black U.S. president.

Kenyan relatives of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama celebrate his victory in Nyangoma Kogelo village, 430 km (267 miles) west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Wednesday.

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NYANGOMA KOGELO, KENYA Some of Senator Barack Obama’s Kenyan relatives — from left to right, Said Obama, Mama Sarah and Auma Obama — met with reporters on Wednesday to talk about Mr. Obama’s victory.

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