President and First Lady Obama wrapped up their tour of the world just in time to celebrate their eldest daughter’s birthday. The Obamas ended their overseas voyages in Africa on Tuesday (July 2). The first family’s seven-day Africa tour took them to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Take a look at the president and his family’s adventures in Africa via the photos below!
Malia celebrates her 15th birthday on Thursday, July 4, 2013.
The Obamas were shown around the Cape Town, South Africa quarry on Robben Island on June 30, 2013 by former prisoner Ahmed Kathrada.Michelle Obama, eldest daughter Malia, Michelle’s mother Marian Robinson visited the mason des Enclaves, the gathering point where slaves where shipped west in the 1700s and 1800s, a Goree Island near Dakar near Senegal.Sasha Obama attends a virtual discussion event with youths at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg June 29, 2013.The President and First Family were greeted with flowers upon their arrival in Tanzania on July 1, 2013.
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