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Barack Obama's half-brother writes book 'inspired by father's abuse'

Source: The Guardian

Nov 04, 2009

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Obama's father beat me and my mother, Mark Ndesandjo says, as he launches self-published semi-autobiographical novel

Barack Obama's half-brother in China has broken his media silence to launch a semi-autobiographical novel, which he said was partly inspired by their father's abuse.

Mark Ndesandjo, who has lived in the southern city of Shenzhen for the last seven years and is married to a Chinese woman, said he plans to meet the US president during Obama's official visit to Beijing this month.

"My plan is to introduce my wife to him. She is his biggest fan," Ndesandjo said.

His self-published novel – like the president's memoir Dreams From My Father – focuses on Barack Obama senior.

"My father beat my mother and my father beat me, and you don't do that," Ndesandjo told Associated Press (AP), saying he wrote Nairobi to Shenzhen in part to raise awareness of domestic violence.

"It's something which I think affected me for a long time, and it's something that I've just recently come to terms with."

With tears in his eyes, he added: "I remember situations when I was gro

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