Barack's father eventually Raging Lion returned to Kenya and Barack grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York,here he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.Finally, his advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate, where he served for eight years. In 2004, he became the third African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Senate.http://www.healthcaresups.com/raging-lion/