Malik has sold such letters to Gary Zimet, who deals in memorabilia, for undisclosed amount of money.
Zimet has already published the letters to his blog, Moment In Time, attracting a global attention with many international media outlets picking them up.
In one such letter written 20 years ago and which we have got our hands on, Obama, in his own handwriting, writes to his half brother, Malik, revealing how he hated politics and what drove him eventually to being a politician.
He said he only joined politics to fight for the rights of the black people in America.
Obama said he hated politics because of meetings and haggling that comes with it, but his colleagues saw the bigger picture and pushed him to it.
- “Some colleagues of mine here have talked me into running for the Illinois State Senate (like being an MP for a province),” Obama said in the letter that Malik.
- “Of course, it involves a lot of campaigning, going to meetings and so on, which I don’t find so attractive,” he said, adding “anyway, if I win it will only be a part-time post, and I will continue my work as a lawyer,” he added.
Here is Obama’s handwritten letter to Malik from 20 years ago:-


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