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  • The Obamas

  • The Untold Story of an African Family
  • By: Peter Firstbrook
  • Narrated by: Peter Firstbrook
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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The Obamas

By: Peter Firstbrook
Narrated by: Peter Firstbrook
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Peter Firstbrook spent many months in Kenya researching the history of Barack Obama's family. Peter is the only person to have traced Obama's roots from the present back through more than 20 generations, thanks to the Luo tribe's remarkable oral tradition. Seen though the eyes of the Obama family, this will be the story of an African dynasty going back over 400 years. It is a truly astonishing drama culminating in the inauguration of Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, watched by Obama's African family on a flickering television clustered under a group of trees in the twilight of Kobama village in Kenya: a very special hundred or so men, women, and children amongst billions all around the world who viewed the momentous event of the swearing in of the first Black President of the United States.

This book establishes the early ancestry of the Obama family in the Alego region, telling the story of farmers and fishermen, of love and tribal warfare, of families lost and found. It traces the Obama roots from famous tribal warriors in the 17th century to the first encounters with the White man in the early 1900s; generation by generation we follow the family through colonial rule and the fight for Kenyan independence, including the Mau Mau and the relationship of Barack Obama's father with President Kenyatta. This is a book about a family whose destiny is unknown to them. It is a true testament to the belief that any person can make their mark in the world no matter how humble their origins.

©2010 Peter Firstbrook (P)2011 Random House
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A irrelevant history.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Draw some parallels to Obama's style and focus more on Obama's history than his ancestry. The history is great, but too much from too far away. More in the last 100 years would have been better. The entire book has really nothing to do with the president's life.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Most interesting - Tribal histories. Least interesting - Tribal histories. Some is good and some is a snooze.

Did The Obamas inspire you to do anything?

No.

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