- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, Economists, Family, Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)
"Barack Obama, father of the American president, was part of Africa's "independence generation" and in 1959 it seemed his star would shine brightly. He came to the U.S. from Kenya and was given a university scholarship.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Sally H. Jacobs, Sally H. Jacobs
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 297
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781586487935
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