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At a power plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, President Obama discusses a new initiative called Power Africa that aims to double access to electricity across Africa. July

President Obama and President Kikwete of Tanzania answer questions from the press following a bilateral meeting in Dar es Salaam. July 1, 2013.


Go behind the scenes with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as they visit Robben Island. From the 1960s through the 1990s, this Island housed a maximum security prison. Many of the prisoners there were activists who worked to bring down Apartheid, the South African government's policies that discriminated against people of color including Nelson Mandela and current South African President Jacob Zuma. Narrated by the First Lady, Michelle Obama. June 30, 2013


Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes, recaps the President and First Lady's Trip to Africa.


The President and First Lady host a concert in the East Room honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, who is awarded the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Carole king is the first female artist to receive the honor.