I took a course in African American History to know more of whence I came and also to find out more the history of our people; Well, the instructor had a list of books that we could report on, and each book I suggested, it was already taken until I requested that I read this book here; Now, like most of you I had no knowledge of this man or his existence until the 2004 Democrat National Convention when he gave a DARN good speech; made me wake up and smell the coffee; I knew then that this man had a bright future ahead of him, and I went on his site, I tried to read more about him, and I just went and bought his book for my report; And the book doesn’t disappoint; Born to a Kenyan father he barely knew and a White mother in Hawaii, Obama takes you through the odyssey of his life; funny though, the book was published originally in 1995, but when he made his speech, the book became VERY popular; you can also feel the awkwardness he felt at times when he tried to embrace the black culture in spite of being brought up by whites;

I almost literally could not put this book down. His story is interesting and told with eloquence, honesty, and insight. It is incredibly intimate look into one man’s search for his identity, and yet it also provides an important viewpoint on the state of race relations in the United States.

Obama’s writing is incisive:two differente worlds!!