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A member of this family criticized high tourism prices and Asian and European ownership of local restaurants in the paper Problems Facing our Socialism; that person’s western education was funded by Elizabeth Mooney Kirk. While working as a military cook, a member of this family was arrested and tortured in Kamiti prison by the (*) British. An economist from this family was blacklisted from government work due to fallout from the assassination of Tom Mboya. A woman who married into this family helped develop the microcredit program used in Indonesia. A memoir by a member of this (10[1])family (10[1])describes his ethnically Luo father giving him his first basketball on a visit to Hawaii. (10[1])For 10 points, name this family that includes America’s first Black president. ■END■

ANSWER: Obama family [accept Barack Obama or Hussein Obama or Stanley Ann Obama] (The memoir is Dreams From my Father.)
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Gareth ThorlaksonNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Passion According to C.H.9510
Cameron AminiCameron et al.Milan et al.9610
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzParth et al.11110

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