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Editor says, What if Barack Obama's father had survived his 1982 car crash in Nairobi? We explore an even more stellar career, examining the importance of fatherhood in our development. This story was published in the September 2008 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1961, on this day future world statesman Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. His parents met while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was a foreign student. They separated when he was two years old and later divorced.
Following an unremarkable record of educational achievement in Hawaii and subsequently the continental United States, Obama entered North America's premier professional men's basketball league where he signed for the Chicago Bulls in 1982.The Barack Obama Story
Part 1 - Walking a straight line in a crooked world
In his autobiography "Dreams of My Father" he describes how Barack Obama, Senior survived a near-fatal car crash in Nairobi that very same year. Interpreting this miraculous escape from death as an act of destiny, his father travelled from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Siaya District to find his son in Chicago. He was shocked to find him addressing himself by the anglicized name Barry and suffering a profound identity crisis.
Following a furious argument, his father experienced a change of heart only after he found a scrap of poetry in which his son had written that he was "Walking a straight line in a crooked world".
Writing of his political awakening in "The Audacity of Hope", Obama stated that if not for the re-union with his father, it is unlikely that he would have found the sense of purpose and direction to launch a political career, to become someone - the President of Kenya.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Obama Source: Wikipedia Labels: Barack Obama, Kenya, America, Chicago Bulls, Presidency. Editor says, The major sections of this story are repeated unedited from Barack Obama Revealed. There didnt seem much point writing an alt-history about Barack Obama without changing the biggest variable (the tragic death of his father), and the most exciting possibility is a reconnection with his Kenyan identity. The poetry fragment was actually written by Obama as an undergraduate.
~ Oh, Barack Obama? ;) I was expecting him to enter the NBA - but presiding over Kenya places him on the international level of Jomo Kenyatta... way better than being prez over the US... :)
~ Nice work. It's a nice twist on 'real life.'
~ Yes, as Eric said, its a nice article. And it does make one wonder how things could have been different considering the election coming up...
~ Fascinating and rather timely ATL...
~ Not bad. But would his mixed ancestry count against him in Kenya?
~ He might as well be the president of Kenya since he does not work for we the people.
~ Wonder what his goals would be since Kenya already has a national health insurance.
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