tortured by british colonialists in a prison outside nairobi. marinist deems the tale unlikely. some were for the purposes of advancing seams in his book which haded mre to do with finding his racial identity. a composite character named regina who helped the young man embrace his african american heritage is believed to be based on michelle obama who wouldn t enter his life for another 8 years. similarly he argued of having quarterlied with his white girlfriend after they attended a black theater production in manhattan. the incident happened with a different woman in chicago. something the president admitted in an oval office interview with mariniss. though i have no recollection of having conversations about this after all it was 18 years ago, it is
henry ferris was the editor. i was struck by how talented the writer was. now historian david marion pain stakenly traced the life of the first black president. barack obama, the story presents by some counts more than three dozen material discrepancies in the president s rendering of his own life. case and point. dreams relate how the president s paternal grandfather was deteened and tortured by british colonialists in a prison outside nairobi. after interviews and research he deems the tale unlikely. some of what he did was result of mythology from the family and some was for the purpose of advancing themes in this book, which had to do with finding racial identity. a composite character helps the young man embrace his heritage, is believed to be based on michelle obama.