"To be interviewing him now – at the end of a year in which race & racism have been at the centre of global events – seems fitting"

~ @DavidOlusoga meets @BarackObama ahead of the release of Obama's memoirs, in a special programme for the BBC: https://t.co/Mqv4rVmi0K pic.twitter.com/XYjGledS8q

— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) November 13, 2020

In the 30-minute special from BBC Studios Production, Barack Obama will discuss the first volume of his presidential memoirs, A Promised Land, and his motivations for writing the book and the challenges he faced confronting political, cultural and racial divisions in America, as the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.

The programme will be broadcast internationally by BBC World Service Radio on Thursday 19 November and BBC World News and BBC News Channel on Saturday 21 November and Sunday 22 November.

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