Obama, Barack H. (Barack Hussein), 1936-1982

found: Kenya. Adult Literacy Section. Otieno, 1959-:v. 2 t.p. (Barack H. Obama) p. 2 of cover (written by Barack H. Obama for the Education Department of Kenya, under the direction of Elizabeth Mooney, literacy specialist)

found: Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 7, 2008:(Barack Hussein Obama (1936-1982) was a Kenyan senior governmental economist, and father of Illinois Senator and United States President Barack Obama. He is the main subject of his son's memoir, Dreams From My Father)

found: Wikipedia, viewed February 9, 2023(Barack Obama Sr.; born 18 June 1934, Rachuonyo District, Nyang'oma, Kogelo, British Kenya; per footnote, birth date in question: his immigration documents indicate birth date of 18 June 1934, but Barack Obama II's book Dreams of My Father states his birth date as 18 June 1936; birth name Baraka; converted from Islam to Christianity and changed name to Barack at about age 6 under encouragement of Christian missionary school staff; studied at Maseno National School 1950-1953; after the Kenyan Department of Education published his monograph, Otieno jarieko. Kitabu mar ariyo [in Luo] in 1959, he attended University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, on scholarship in economics, B.A., 1959-1962; began graduate fellowship at Harvard University, forced to leave PhD program there in May 1964, received an M.A. in economics from there in 1965; returned to Kenya, first worked as a government economist for an oil company; economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Transport; promoted to senior economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance; fired by president Jomo Kenyatta following Tom Mboya's assassination in 1969; seriously injured in a car crash in 1970; lost both legs in a second automobile accident; died in a car crash in Nairobi)