The Other Barack (51 page)

visits to children, Obama's ban on

Obama, Jael Atieno Onyango

Obama, Michelle

Obama, Omar Okech (O. Onyango)

Obama, Hussein Onyango

childhood

conflict with Paul Mboya

conversion to Islam

death of

detention of for political activism

employment of by white men

at Hagberg house

interest in agriculture

marriage to Habiba Akumu

on Obama-Dunham marriage

on Obama's marriage to Kezia

on Obama's responsibility for family

opposition to Obama's studying in U.S.

reaction to Obama's expulsion from Maseno

registration booklet of

strictness of

on white man
vs.
black man

in World War I,

in World War II,

Obama, David Opiyo

Obama, President Barack Hussein

as author of
Dreams from My Father

birth of

comparison to father

disavowal of claim on father's estate

dream about father

father's visit to Hawaii

inquiries about father

as president of
Harvard Law Review

visit to Kenya (1988)

Obama, Rajab Ouko

Obama, Roy Abong'o (Malik)

Obama, Ruth Baker

affair with Obama

birth of Mark Okoth

decision to join Obama in Kenya

divorce from Obama

Kanyadhiang, visit to

Kezia and

marriage to Obama

Obama's abusive treatment of

reconciliation with Obama

relationship with Obama's children

return to Boston

as sole support of household

unhappiness in marriage

Obama, Wilson

Obama family

migration of from Sudan

name, meaning of

Obondo, Alex

Obong'o

Obote, Apolo Milton

Obure, Nyaringo

Ochieng, Philip

Ochieng, William R.

Odede, Pamela

Odhiambo, E. S. Atieno

Odinga, Oginga

confinement in detention

establishment of opposition party

on life under British control

at Maseno

as Minister for Home Affairs

preparations for independence

verbal attack on by Kenyatta

as vice president of Kenya

Ogolah, Boaz

Ogolah, Gladys

Ogot, Bethwell A.

Oguta, Alfred Obama

Ogutu, Olweny

Ogutu, Were Dibo

Ogwel, Sarah (Mama Sarah)

Okatcha, Fred

Okeyo, Achola Pala

Okoda, Sebastian

Okul, Erastus Amondi

Okumu, Joash Muga

Okumu, Washington Jalang'o

Olum, Gondi Hesbon

Oluoch, Charles

Omolo, Leo Odera

Oneko, Achieng

Onyango, George Hussein

Onyango, Meshack J.

Onyango, Zeituni

Onyonka, Z. T.

Orinda, Amir Otieno

Orinda, Razik Otieno

Otieno, James

Otunnu, Olara A.

Ouko, Robert

Owino, Arthur Reuben

Owuor, Jeremiah

Oyucho, Manasseh

Oyugis

Pala, Francis

Pala, Ta'al

Patterson, John M.

Peace with Freedom

Phelps, R. H.

Pinto, Pio Gama

Pusey, Nathan

Rabuku, John

Ramogi,
on Obama's need for money for education

Ramparts
magazine, on CIA's program in Kenya

The Risks of Knowledge: Investigations into the Death of the Hon. Minister John Robert Ouko in Kenya
(Cohen and Odhiambo)

Roberts, Helen

Robinson, Jackie

Robinson, Marian

Royal Technical College of East Africa

Ruck, Esme, Michael, and Roger

Ruenitz, Robert M.

Rusinga Island

Ruskin College

Saitoti, George

Sampson Nyandega (Abo)

Samuelson, Paul

Sandberg, Lars Gunnarsson

Sarah Nyaoke

Saturday Evening Post,
on University of Hawaii

Scheinman, William X.

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.

Schramm, Paula

“Sessional Paper No. 10, African Socialism and Its Application to Planning in Kenya,”

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Shactman, Tom

Shields, J. F.

The Silent Billion Speak
(Laubach)

Smith, Richard Norton

Snyder, Laurence H.

Soetoro, Lolo

Stanford University, Obama documents at

Star Bulletin,
on Obama

Stephens, Robert F.

Stevenson, Adlai

Sunday Post
(Nairobi), on Mooney's speech at Makadara Hall

Syracuse University, Obama documents at

Thacker, Ransley

Thuku, Harry

Thurow, Lester

Times
(London)

on torture of Hussein Onyango by British soldiers

on Uganda Railway

Tipis, J. K. Ole

Tith, Naranhkiri

Toutonghi, Maryurukat, Kimnyole arap

Uganda People's Congress party

Uganda Railway

Ugoh, Sylvester E.

The Unfolding Trail
(Roberts)

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

U.S. International Cooperation Administration (ICA)

Varez, Dietrich

Victoria, Lake

Wanyee, George

Wasonga, Moses

Wasonga, Otieno O.

Weya, David Owino

Williams, John R.

Wilson, Catherine

Winam Gulf

Wiswell, Ella

Yeager, Rodger

Young Kavirondo Association

Young Kikuyu Association

Zane, Pake (Andy)

Zeckhauser, Richard

Sally H. Jacobs
lives in Belmont, Massachusetts, with her two children. She is a veteran reporter at the
Boston Globe
, where she has covered national, international, and breaking news for over two decades. She has won several journalism awards including the George Polk Award. She has specialized in political reporting and profiles including the famously reclusive Joan Kennedy, Michelle Obama, and Pat Patrick, Deval Patrick's father. This is her first book.

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