THE OBAMAS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN AFRICAN FAMILY
Book ID/图书代码： 11320010B35089
English Summary/英文概要： Peter Firstbrook spent many months in Kenya researching the history of Barack Obama’s family. Peter is the only person to have traced Obama’s roots from the present back through more than twenty generations, thanks to the Luo tribe’s remarkable oral tradition.
Seen though the eyes of the Obama family this will be the story of an African dynasty going back over 400 years. It is a truly astonishing drama culminating in the inauguration of Barack Obama on 20 January 2009 watched by Obama’s African family on a flickering television clustered under a group of trees in the twilight of Kobama village in Kenya. A very special hundred or so men, women and children amongst billions all around the world who viewed the momentous event of the swearing in of the first black president.
This book establishes the early ancestry of the Obama family in the Alego region, telling the story of farmers and fishermen, of love and tribal warfare, of families lost and found. It traces the Obama roots from famous tribal warriors in the seventeenth century to the first encounters with the white man in the early 1900s; generation by generation we follow the family through colonial rule and the fight for Kenyan independence, including the Mau Mau and the relationship of Barack Obama’s father with President Kenyatta.
This is a book about a family whose destiny is unknown to them. It is a true testament to the belief that any person can make their mark in the world no matter how humble their origins.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 實地走訪肯亞，當代唯一深度追溯歐巴馬家族歷史的傳記著作 歐巴馬的祖先曾經是17世紀的部落戰士？當他的黑人祖先在20世紀第一次遇到白人時，是怎樣的場景？
在追溯歐巴馬家族歷史的過程中，我們並與曾受殖民統治，爾後走向獨立的肯亞歷史相遇─這當中並透露了歐巴馬父親與總統Kenyatta之間的關係。
Firstbrook在肯亞進行長達數月的調查，是當代實地走訪肯亞，唯一追溯歐巴馬家族源頭遠至20個世代的作家。感謝Luo部落口語保存歷史的傳統，讓他有機會探索美國史上第一位黑人總統─歐巴馬的家族歷史故事，寫下此書。(KC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Firstbrook 在BBC任職長達25年之久，2002年後成為自由撰稿作家並參與電影製作，擅長歷史記錄片題材，著有3本暢銷書。
Format:照片
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