The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family

268 Pages·2010·2.61 MB·English

by  P. L. Firstbrook

Copyright © 2010, 2011 by Peter Firstbrook
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division
of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Preface Publishing, an imprint of The
Random House Group Limited, London, in 2010.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Firstbrook, P. L.
The Obamas : the untold story of an African family / Peter Firstbrook.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Obama family. 2. Obama, Barack—Family. 3. Kenya—Biography. 4. Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian
people)—Biography. 5. Presidents—United States—Family—Case studies. I. Title.
CT2227.5.O23F57 2011
973.932092′2—dc22
[ ] 2010032403
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eISBN: 978-0-307-59142-5
Book design by Barbara Sturman
Jacket design by Jean Traina
Jacket photography by Jo Harpley/Flickr/Getty Images
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F R S
OR OY AMO
May your dream of a better
Kenya one day be realized
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
GENEALOGY CHART
E
PIGRAPH
P
ROLOGUE
1. T E , T P
WO LECTIONS WO RESIDENTS
MAP OF KENYA
2. M A
EET THE NCESTORS
MAP OF MIGRATION ROUTES OF THE LUO ANCESTORS
MAP OF NYANZA PROVINCE (LUOLAND)
3. T L D O O
HE IFE AND EATH OF PIYO BAMA
4. T W A
HE AZUNGU RRIVE
5. T N I
HE EW MPERIALISM
6. F W T W W
IVE IVES AND WO ORLD ARS
7. A S E
TATE OF MERGENCY
PHOTO INSERT
8. M . “D -D ”
R OUBLE OUBLE
E
PILOGUE
Acknowledgments
Notes on Methodology
Timeline
Notes
Glossary of People
Glossary of Terms and Place Names
Bibliography
About the Author

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ROLOGUE
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