Malik Abongo Obama

Malik Obama (also known as Abongo (Roy) Obama, born c. 1959) is the half-brother of presumptive Democratic party U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama. He is one of four children of Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr. with his first wife, Kezia.

Childhood and education

Malik Obama was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. During his childhood he and his sister Auma were passed around between relatives. He earned a degree in accounting from the University of Nairobi.

Interaction with Barack Obama

Malik Obama met his half-brother for the first time in 1985 When they first met Roy (Malik) would tell his half-brother Barack "The truth is, I don't think I really like myself. And I blame the Old Man for this." Auma, Roy (Abongo), and at times Barack, refer to their father as the Old Man.

Malik and his brother Barack were best men at each other's weddings. According to the Daily Nation, Barack Obama brought Michelle to Kenya three years later, and they met with Malik again while Barack was introducing Michelle to many other new relatives. The Nation further reported that Malik's current wife Fauziah Anyango had yet to meet her brother-in-law Barack Obama as of 2004.

Later life
As of 2004 Malik Obama, who says he is an occasional visitor to Washington, D.C., had settled in the Obamas' ancestral home, Nyangoma-Kogelo, a village of several hundred people he preferred to the city for its slow pace. At the time he ran a small electronics shop a half hour drive outside of town, and was also working as a consultant in Washington, D.C. for several months per year.slowlane/> All of his father's other surviving children were living in the United States or England.slowlane/>

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