| LC control no. | n 2008075664 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Obama, Barack H. (Barack Hussein), 1936-1982 |
| Variant(s) | Obama, Barack, Sr., 1936-1982 Obama, Barack Hussein, 1936-1982 Obama, Barack Hussein, Sr., 1936-1982 Obama, Barak H., 1936-1982 Obama, Baraka, 1936-1982 |
| Associated country | Kenya |
| Associated place | United States |
| Birth date | 1934-06-18 1936-06-18 |
| Death date | 1982-11-24 1982-11-24 |
| Place of death | Nairobi (Kenya) |
| Affiliation | Kenya. Ministry of Transport Harvard University University of Hawaii at Manoa Maseno National School (Maseno, Kenya) |
| Profession or occupation | Economists |
| Found in | 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) 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) 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) Problems facing our socialism, 1965: page 26 (Barak H. Obama) |
| Associated language | eng luo |
| Invalid LCCN | n 2011030600 |
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