Dreams From my Father

“Obama tells the story of Auma, his half-sister, who is educated, hard-working and has succeeded abroad, who owns property and a car, and recounts the way the entire family basically leeches off her. It’s not good for either side. She resents it because all her projects are undermined, but the family is also resentful of her because they don’t like being beholden. If aid is one of the problems in Africa, the extended family is also both a blessing and a blight. Obama didn’t even spend that long in Kenya, but he captures that conundrum immediately.” Read more...

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Michela Wrong, Journalist

“He is really is a globish president and a brilliant writer. He is of Kenyan origin, grew up in Kansas and Hawaii. His reference is Islam, America, Kenyan tribal customs, Indonesia. Now the power is east to west where as in the old days it really was north to south. And Obama is fine with that as he is able to operate in any situation because of his roots which he so vividly writes about in this book.” Read more...

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Robert McCrum, Journalist

Yes, it’s true: before he was president Barack Obama had already won a Grammy award for the audiobook of his memoir, Dreams from my Father.

Narrator: Barack Obama

Length: 7 hours and 8 minutes (abridged)

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