| Barack Obama, Sr. | |
 Barack Obama, Sr. and Jr. during Senior's
only visit with his son in Hawai'i |
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| Born | 1936 Nyangoma-Kogelo, Kenya |
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| Died | 1982 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Burial place | Nyangoma-Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya[1] |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaii Harvard University |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Known for | Father of Barack Obama |
| Spouse | Kezia Ann Dunham Ruth Nidesand Unknown 4th partner[2] |
| Children | 1. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers (with Kezia): Abongo (Roy) Obama, Auma Obama, Abo Obama, Bernard Obama 2. (with Ann Dunham): Barack Obama 3. (with Ruth Nidesand): Mark Obama, David Obama[2] |
| Parents | Hussein Onyango Obama and Auma Obama [1] |
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. (1936–1982) was the father of Illinois Senator and 2008 Democratic presumptive nominee Barack Obama. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The father is defined as the Male Parent of an offspring The Adjective "paternal" refers to father parallel to "maternal" for The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives He left the family when Barack Jr. was two years old, and only saw him one more time when Barack was age 10. He is the main subject of his son's memoir, Dreams From My Father. Dreams from My Father A Story of Race and Inheritance is a Memoir by 2008 United States Presidential candidate Barack Obama of Illinois Born and raised in Kenya, Obama Sr. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south was educated in the United States, after which he returned to Kenya and served as a senior economist for the government. An economist is an expert in the Social science of Economics. [3] Obama died at age 46, from injuries received in an automobile accident. [4]
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Family background and early life in Kenya
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. , was born in 1936 on the shores of Lake Victoria in Nyangoma-Kogelo, Siaya District (now in Bondo District), Kenya. Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. Siaya District is one of the twelve districts that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. Bondo District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. His father, Hussein Onyango Obama (c. 1895-1979, buried at Alego),[1] belonged to the Luo tribe and was born Onyango, son of Obama (buried at Kendu Bay, Kenya) and wife Nyaoke, in one of their villages. The Luo (also called Jaluo and Joluo) are an ethnic group in Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. Kendu Bay is a town in Kenya. It is the part of Rachuonyo District in Nyanza Province. Before working as a cook for missionaries in Nairobi, Onyango had travelled widely, enlisting with the name Onyango Obama in the British colonial forces during World War I and visiting Europe, India, and Zanzibar, where he converted from Christianity to Islam and added Hussein to his name. A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Zanzibar ( is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. [5][6] Onyango had at least three wives; Barack Obama Sr. was the son of Akuma/Akumu, the second wife. However, he was raised by Onyango's third wife, Sarah, after Akuma/Akumu left her family and separated from her husband in 1945. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar [1][6][7]
Obama Sr. grew up in Nyangoma-Kogelo. At 18, he married a young woman named Kezia in a tribal ceremony. They had four children, two of them after he returned to Kenya from the United States. He never divorced Kezia, who now lives in Bracknell, England. Bracknell is a town in the Bracknell Forest borough of Berkshire, England. [8]
American education and marriages
Due to a program offering Western educational opportunities to outstanding Kenyan students that was organized by nationalist leader Tom Mboya,[4] Obama Sr. Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya ( August 15, 1930 - July 5, 1969) was a prominent Kenyan politician during Jomo Kenyatta 's government was awarded a scholarship in economics, and at the age of 23 he enrolled at the University of Hawaii. The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers He left behind a pregnant Kezia and their infant son. As his son Senator Obama has said, "The Kennedys decided: 'We're going to do an airlift. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is. This young man named Barack Obama [Sr. ] got one of those tickets and came over to this country. "[9] An article by Michael Dobbs in The Washington Post, however, states that the Kennedy family did not become associated with the educational airlift until 1960, a year after Obama Sr. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D was already studying in the United States. Initial financial supporters of the program included Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Jackie Robinson, and Elizabeth Mooney Kirk, a literacy advocate who provided most of the financial support for Obama Sr. Harold George Belafonte Jr (born March 1 1927 is an American musician actor and Social activist. Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 's early years in the United States, according to the Tom Mboya archives at Stanford University. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in [4]
According to Senator Obama, the elder Obama had already abandoned Islam and become an atheist by the time he moved to the United States. Atheism [10]
On February 2, 1961, Obama Sr. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. married a fellow student, Ann Dunham in Maui, Hawaii. The Island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the [11] She did not know that he already had a wife in Kenya. [5] Their son, Barack Obama, Jr. , was born on August 4, 1961. Two years later, Obama Sr. was accepted at Harvard for graduate study. He moved to Massachusetts, unable to afford to take his wife and son with him. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. He and Dunham divorced in 1963, divorce filed in Honolulu, Hawaii in January 1964, and he only saw his son again once, at age 10. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. He received the AM degree from Harvard in 1965. [12]
At Harvard, he met an American-born teacher named Ruth Nidesand who would follow him to Kenya when he returned after completing a graduate Ph. D. degree. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. She eventually became his third wife. She and Obama Sr. had two children together before they divorced. [13]
Return to Kenya
On his return to Kenya, Obama Sr. was hired by an oil company and then served as an economist in the Ministry of Transportation, and later became senior economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance. In 1965 Obama wrote an important paper titled "Problems Facing Our Socialism", published in the East Africa Journal, harshly criticizing the blueprint for national planning titled "African Socialism and Its Applicability to Planning in Kenya" produced by Tom Mboya's Ministry of Economic Planning and Development. Obama's paper put him on the side of communist-allied leader Oginga Odinga against pro-Western 'third way" leader Tom Mboya and the President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta. Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (c 1911 &ndash January 20, 1994) was a Luo Chief who became a prominent figure in Kenya 's struggle for independence Jomo Kenyatta ( October 20, 1894 &ndash August 22, 1978) served as the first Prime Minister (1963&ndash1964 and President As Sen. Barack Obama describes in his memoir, Obama the elder's conflict with President Kenyatta effectively destroyed his career. His life then took a tailspin into drinking and poverty, from which he never fully recovered. His friend Kenyan journalist Philip Ochieng has described Obama's difficult personality and drinking problems in the Kenya newspaper The Nation. [4] Obama Sr. lost both legs in an automobile accident, and subsequently lost his job. He died not long afterwards, in poverty, at the age of 46 in car crash in Nairobi. Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. [4]
He is buried in Alego, at the village of Nyangoma-Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya.
Children
Besides United States Senator Barack Obama, Barack Obama Sr. fathered six other sons and a daughter. All but one live in Britain or the United States. [1]
His children with Kezia include their sons Roy (now known as Abong'o[13]), Bernard, and Abo, and daughter Auma who is a social worker running a children's trust in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [14] Obama Sr. had two sons with Ruth, named David and Mark. Mark studied physics at Stanford, and now lives in China and is engaged to a Chinese woman. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National [15] His eighth child, George[16], was with a woman in Kenya whom he was planning to marry at the time of his death. [5]
References
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- ^ Scott Fornek. "BARACK OBAMA SR.: Wrestling with . . . a ghost", Chicago Sun Times, 2007-09-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland
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- ^ a b c Sharon Churcher. "A drunk and a bigot - what the US Presidental hopeful HASN'T said about his father...", Daily Mail, 2007-01-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Retrieved on 2008-03-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow.
- ^ a b Xan Rice. "'Barack's voice was just like his father's - I thought he had come back from the dead' (Interview with Sarah Obama)", The Guardian, 2008-06-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Retrieved on 2008-06-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem
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- ^ Elizabeth Sanderson. "Barack Obama's stepmother living in Bracknell reveals the close bond with him ... and his mother", Daily Mail, 2008-01-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland
- ^ The other Obama-Kennedy connection, Thursday January 10 2008
- ^ Barack Obama. "My Spiritual Journey", TIME, October 23, 2006. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-02-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy
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- ^ "Harvard University 350th Anniversary Alumni Directory 1986, Vol. I, p-904".
- ^ a b Philip Ochieng. "From Home Squared to the US Senate: How Barack Obama Was Lost and Found", The East African, 2004-11-01. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Retrieved on 2008-03-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow.
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- ^ Roger Cohen. "Obama's Brother in China", The New York Times, 2008-03-17. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Retrieved on 2008-03-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow.
- ^ Amazon.com: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance: Barack Obama: Books
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