Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Ebe e si nweta ya: A mụrụ Obama na Honolulu, Hawaii. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Columbia na 1983, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye nhazi obodo na Chicago. N'afọ 1988, ọ debara aha ya na Harvard Law School, ebe ọ bụ onye isi ojii mbụ nke Harvard Law Review. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ ghọrọ onye ọka iwu ikike obodo na onye agụmakwụkwọ, na-akụzi iwu iwu na Mahadum Chicago Law School site na 1992 ruo 2004. Ọ nọchitere anya mpaghara nke iri na atọ maka okwu atọ na Illinois Senate site na 1997 ruo 2004 mgbe ọ gbara ọsọ maka Senate US. Ọ nwetara nlebara anya mba na 2004 site na mmeri nke mbụ ya na Machị, okwu ihu ọha ya nke ọma na July Democratic National Convention, na ntuli aka ya nke November na Senate. N'afọ 2008, a họpụtara ya dịka onye isi ala otu afọ mgbe mkpọsa ya bidoro na mgbe ọ gbasịrị mkpọsa nke mbụ megide Hillary Clinton. A họpụtara ya karịa onye Republican John McCain ma bụrụ onye a họpụtara na Jenụwarị 20, 2009. Ka ọnwa itoolu gachara, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye a ga-enye ihe nrite Nobel maka udo n'afọ 2009.  Ajụjụ: gịnị ka o mere n'afọ 1988
e debara aha ya n'Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Iwu nke Harvard