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Duration: 1 hour

BBC correspondent Clive Myrie traces the life story of America's first black president.

From Obama's broken home childhood in Hawaii, through his political awakening in the rough neighbourhoods of Chicago, to his arrival in Washington, Myrie follows the extraordinary journey that transformed the son of a Kenyan student into the most powerful man in the world.

Last on

Thu 12 Feb 2009 00:05 BBC One only on Northern Ireland

Credits

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Clive Myrie
Producer
Guy Smith
Executive Producer
Samanatha Anstiss

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