Árvore genealógica de Obama revela curiosidades sobre a vida do presidente
postado em 23/07/
Nairóbi, Quênia - Barack Obama viaja nesta quinta-feira (23/7) para a pátria de seus ancestrais, onde ainda vivem alguns de seus familiares, em sua primeira viagem ao Quênia desde que foi eleito presidente americano, emObama, uma história queniana
[SAIBAMAIS]Hussein Onyango Obama, o avô do presidente, nasceu em Kendu Bay, no oeste do Quênia, em Converteu-se ao Islã, passou a se chamar Hussein e trabalhou como mensageiro no exército britânico colonial na Primeira Guerra Mundial e como cozinheiro de um oficial britânico durante a Segunda.
Seu filho, o pai do presidente americano, também chamado de Barack Obama, nasceu em , fruto do segundo matrimônio de Hussein, com Akumu. Hussein se casou com uma terceira esposa, Sarah Onyango Obama, atualmente a matriarca da família e a quem o presidente chama de avó, apesar de não ter laços de sangue.
Quando era jovem, e o Quênia lutava por sua independência, Obama pai conseguiu uma bolsa para estudar no Havaí, onde conheceu e se casou pela segunda vez com a mãe do futuro presidente americano, Ann Dunham. O casame
To reach the home of George Obama, the president’s youngest half-brother, you skirt around the skyscrapers of central Nairobi and head north twenty minutes toward Huruma, one link in a necklace of slums that encircles the Kenyan capital. Turning off a half-built highway, you plunge into a warren of honking cars, minibus taxis, stray cows, and open roadside sewers. In the afternoon, Huruma’s alleys flood with children in neat school uniforms who skip past clapboard kiosks selling cigarettes, sodas, eggs, and detergent. You stop at a soccer field, an uneven red-dust pitch with netless goals, and ask one of the young men who are standing around in knots whether they’ve seen George. Everybody knows him: He used to be a quite a soccer player. You get directions to his house, a single-story tin-and-cinderblock structure, and finding it empty, manage to cadge his cell-phone number from a neighbor. You call George and then you wait.
Eventually, he appears with an entourage of young men, who fan across the gravel alley, like a street gang readying for a rumble. George is the tallest and the skinniest and clearly the leader, striking a year-old’s cocksure pose, his elbows jutting,
Barack Obama
present
Who Is Barack Obama?
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first Black commander-in-chief. He served two terms, from until The son of parents from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. After serving on the Illinois State Senate, he was elected a U.S. senator representing Illinois in In , Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He and his wife, Michelle Obama, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Barack Hussein Obama II
BORN: August 4,
BIRTHPLACE: Honolulu, Hawaii
SPOUSE: Michelle Obama (present)
CHILDREN: Malia and Sasha
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
Early Life and Family
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, , in Honolulu to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham. He has six half-siblings, including half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng who he grew up with.
Obama’s Parents
Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa and eventually earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue
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