Former US President Barack Obama's Kenyan half-brother, Malik Obama, is set to publish a new tell-all book uncovering details of relations within the Obama family that have long stayed hidden from the public eye.
Malik, who has in recent years cultivated a large following among American right-wingers due to his support of President Donald J. Trump, announced that the upcoming book would be titled Big Bad Brother from Kenya.
He promised that the book would delve into, among other things, his personal history, his initial close relationship with Barack before he was elected president and the alleged distancing Barack eventually imposed on him and the rest of his Kenyan family.
In their youth, Malik and Barack were close and served as best men at each other's weddings. Malik was even the spokesperson for Obama's Kenyan family as media scrutiny into them grew intense during Obama's first bid for the Presidency in 2008.
"This is the story of my life, the truth and nothing but the truth. I've tried my best to tell it as it is; the lows and the highs. From my origins in the village in Africa to my school days in Nairobi to a bout with alcoholism, to my journey to becoming a Muslim, as well as my thoughts and cultural shock when I first arrived in the USA.
"I also cover my close relationship with Barack before he became president, and the strange distancing that he quickly imposed on myself and his Kenyan family. My life story is a very personal tale of the struggle to find oneself and deal with the realities of existence.
"I am the Obama, the Big Bad Brother from Kenya, that you never knew," the back cover of the book shared by Malik on Tuesday, April 7 reads in part.
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