<B>Obama's father was an abusive alcoholic, his half-brother says</B>
By Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd, CNN
December 20, 2013 -- Updated 0556 GMT
(CNN) -- Barack Obama's father was more abusive and violent than the president was aware of, according to his half-brother, who has written a memoir about their father.
But he was also an alcoholic, a "social failure" and an abusive husband, he said.
"I remember the sounds of my mothers' screams and I remember the sounds of breaking, things breaking," he told CNN. "And I remember that I couldn't protect her. That's something that no child ever forgets."
He said he especially remembered a violent episode when he was 6 or 7.
"My father actually broke -- came in the door, against the restraining order, and held a knife to my mother's throat," he said.
Unlike Obama, Ndesandjo grew up with their father.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/20/politics/obama-father-abusive/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Dreams from my father, indeed.
By Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd, CNN
December 20, 2013 -- Updated 0556 GMT
(CNN) -- Barack Obama's father was more abusive and violent than the president was aware of, according to his half-brother, who has written a memoir about their father.
But he was also an alcoholic, a "social failure" and an abusive husband, he said.
"I remember the sounds of my mothers' screams and I remember the sounds of breaking, things breaking," he told CNN. "And I remember that I couldn't protect her. That's something that no child ever forgets."
He said he especially remembered a violent episode when he was 6 or 7.
"My father actually broke -- came in the door, against the restraining order, and held a knife to my mother's throat," he said.
Unlike Obama, Ndesandjo grew up with their father.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/20/politics/obama-father-abusive/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Dreams from my father, indeed.