Witness History: Archive 2010 - Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

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When Barack Obama was about six years old his mother remarried and the family moved to the Indonesian capital Jakarta. There, he learnt the local language and went to an ordinary Indonesian school.

Published on Wednesday, 10th November 2010.

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