Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Barack Obama discusses the challenges he faced confronting political, cultural and racial divisions in America, as the first African American to hold the nation鈥檚 highest office.
In his first UK broadcast interview since the 2020 presidential election and ahead of the release of his memoirs, former President of the United States, Barack Obama is interviewed by historian and broadcaster David Olusoga..
In this special programme, Barack Obama will discuss the first volume of his presidential memoirs, A Promised Land and his motivations for writing the book and the challenges he faced confronting political, cultural and racial divisions in America, as the first African American to hold the nation鈥檚 highest office.
From Monday 14th December (09:45-10:00), 91福利社 Radio 4 will broadcast an abridged reading of Barack Obama鈥檚 A Promised Land, read by Barack Obama himself, serialised over two weeks as Radio 4鈥檚 鈥楤ook of the Week鈥�.
Producer: Julia Johnson.
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