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What new letters by Barrack Obama Snr reveal

Barrack Obama Senior, father to US President Barrack Obama

A cache of letters Barrack Obama Senior, father to US President Barrack Obama, wrote almost 60 years ago have surfaced, painting a picture of an enthusiastic Kenyan scholar with a grand American dream.

The yellowing letters published by the New York Times chronicle the dreams and struggles of a young man in Kenya. His exploits in America have in a way changed the course of American history and given the American dream new meaning.

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