The Obamas : : the Untold Story of an African Family
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Prologue -- Two elections, two presidents -- Meet the ancestors -- The life and death of Opiyo Obama -- The Wazungu arrive -- The new imperialism -- Five wives and two world wars -- A state of emergency -- Mr. "Double-Double" -- Epilogue -- Glossary of people -- Glossary of terms and place names -- Timeline.
The astonishing story of Barack Obama's Kenyan roots, "The Obamas" is the product of dozens of interviews with Obama's African relatives, presented by the first person to trace Obama's family history back 400 years and 23 generations.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Publishers, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25x cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307591401
0307591409
SUBJECTS
Obama family.
Obama, Barack -- Family.
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Biography.
Presidents -- Family -- Case studies.
Kenya -- Biography.