Mark Ndesandjo

Mark Ndesandjo

American president Barack Obama’s half brother Mark Ndesandjo has launched a new novel. In his new novel, Ndesandjo speaks about his abusive father. This is for the first time that any of the two brothers have discussed the painful part of their childhood. He gave his first interview to the Associated Press in which he told them that he wrote “Nairobi to Shenzhen”.

He told The Associated Press that the main purpose behind writing the novel is to raise awareness of domestic violence. Mark Ndesandjo is the son of the third wife of Barack Obama Sr. The name of Mark Ndesandjo’s mother is Ruth Nidesand. During the interview, Ndesandjo told The Associated Press,

“My father beat my mother and my father beat me, and you don’t do that,”

He added,

“It’s something which I think affected me for a long time, and it’s something that I’ve just recently come to terms with.”

For the past seven years, Mark Ndesandjo has been living in China. The American Chamber of Commerce hosted a press conference for his latest novel’s launch. The American Chamber of Commerce is located in South China. The members of the United States Consul-General also attended the conference. In the press conference, Mark Ndesandjo spoke about the painful period of his childhood in detail. He recalls that his father abused him, his mother and also his brother (not Obama). He didn’t discuss about his relationship with Barack Obama.