22 Aug 2023 6:00 pm
Abon'go Malik "Roy" Obama was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya.[2][3] His parents are economist Barack Obama Sr. and his first wife, Kezia Obama (née Aoko).[4] Obama earned a degree in accounting from the University of Nairobi.[5] He met his younger half-brother, Barack Obama, for the first time in 1985,[2] when Barack flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to visit Malik.[6] According to him, the two each served as best man at the other's wedding.[2] Barack brought his wife, Michelle Obama, to Kenya three years later, seeing Malik again while meeting many other relatives for the first time.[7] Malik Obama is Muslim.[8]
Malik Obama lives in the Obamas' ancestral home, Nyang'oma Kogelo, a village of several hundred people, preferring its slow pace to that of the city.[2] Until 2004, he ran a small electronics shop a half-hour's drive away in another town.[2] Since 2008, Obama has run the Barack H. Obama Foundation, founded in memory of his father, Barack Obama Sr.[9][10]
Obama is a dual citizen of both Kenya and the United States.[1] He is a frequent visitor to the United States,[7] and works as a consultant in Washington, D.C., for several months each year.[2] He was registered to vote in Maryland as of 2016.[3]
Malik Obama lives in the Obamas' ancestral home, Nyang'oma Kogelo, a village of several hundred people, preferring its slow pace to that of the city.[2] Until 2004, he ran a small electronics shop a half-hour's drive away in another town.[2] Since 2008, Obama has run the Barack H. Obama Foundation, founded in memory of his father, Barack Obama Sr.[9][10]
Obama is a dual citizen of both Kenya and the United States.[1] He is a frequent visitor to the United States,[7] and works as a consultant in Washington, D.C., for several months each year.[2] He was registered to vote in Maryland as of 2016.[3]