Mariamne samad biography of barack obama
His story is told by activist Mariamne Samad, UNIA members Roy Carson & Ruth Prescott & commentators Vivian Durham, Beverly Hamilton, Prof Rupert Lewis, Prof....
Early life and career of Barack Obama
Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii[1] to Barack Obama, Sr.
(1936–1982) (born in Oriang' Kogelo of Rachuonyo North District,[2]Kenya) and Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita, Kansas, United States).[3]
Obama spent most of his childhood years in Honolulu, where his mother attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Queen Mother Mariamne Samad, who introduced Kwanzaa to Jamaica, was born in the United States and became a member of Garvey's Universal Negro.
Obama had a close relationship with his maternal grandparents. In 1965, his mother remarried to Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia. Two years later, Dunham took Obama with her to Indonesia to reunite him with his stepfather. In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to attend Punahou School, from which he graduated in 1979.
As a young adult, Obama moved to the contiguous United States, where he was educated at Occidental College, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School. In Chicago, Obama worked at various times as a