Presentation: Barack Obama "Dreams from My Father"
Barack Obama – “Dreams From My Father-A Story of Race and Heritance”
Today I want to introduce you United States President Barack Obama’s first memoir, dreams from my father. It was first published in July 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career and republished in August 2004.
Author:
Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author, I just will give some personal facts about him.
Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior and Ann Dunham. In 1991, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School. While in law school he worked as a co-worker at the law firms of Sidley & Austin where he met his wife, Michelle, whom he married in 1992. Barack and Michelle Obama have two daughters: Malia Ann and Natasha, known as Sasha. On November 4 2008, Obama won the presidency of the United States. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President took place on January 20, 2009. On October 8 of last year, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Characters:
Paternal Family
The Obamas are members of the Luo, Kenya's third-largest ethnic group.
• Hussein Onyango Obama
Barack Obama's paternal grandfather
• Habiba Akumu Obama
Barack Obama's paternal grandmother and the second wife of Hussein Onyango Obama
• Barack Hussein Obama Senior
He is the father of Barack Obama. Visited his son only for one single time. In his memoir, Barack calls him the Old Man.
• Kezia
• Jane
Her sister, Jane, is the 'Auntie Jane' mentioned at the very start of Dreams from My Father when she telephoned President Obama to inform him that his father had been killed in a car accident.
• Ruth Ndesandjo
Born Ruth Nidesand, in US, Barack Obama Sr.'s third wife
Maternal Family
• Ann Dunham
Mother of Barack Obama. His mother is open minded, idealistic, naive in one sense, world-wise in another.
• Stanley Dunham is the grandfather of Barack Obama. Stanley and his wife Madelyn
Today I want to introduce you United States President Barack Obama’s first memoir, dreams from my father. It was first published in July 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career and republished in August 2004.
Author:
Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author, I just will give some personal facts about him.
Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior and Ann Dunham. In 1991, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School. While in law school he worked as a co-worker at the law firms of Sidley & Austin where he met his wife, Michelle, whom he married in 1992. Barack and Michelle Obama have two daughters: Malia Ann and Natasha, known as Sasha. On November 4 2008, Obama won the presidency of the United States. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President took place on January 20, 2009. On October 8 of last year, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Characters:
Paternal Family
The Obamas are members of the Luo, Kenya's third-largest ethnic group.
• Hussein Onyango Obama
Barack Obama's paternal grandfather
• Habiba Akumu Obama
Barack Obama's paternal grandmother and the second wife of Hussein Onyango Obama
• Barack Hussein Obama Senior
He is the father of Barack Obama. Visited his son only for one single time. In his memoir, Barack calls him the Old Man.
• Kezia
• Jane
Her sister, Jane, is the 'Auntie Jane' mentioned at the very start of Dreams from My Father when she telephoned President Obama to inform him that his father had been killed in a car accident.
• Ruth Ndesandjo
Born Ruth Nidesand, in US, Barack Obama Sr.'s third wife
Maternal Family
• Ann Dunham
Mother of Barack Obama. His mother is open minded, idealistic, naive in one sense, world-wise in another.
• Stanley Dunham is the grandfather of Barack Obama. Stanley and his wife Madelyn