April 25, 2021 In this memoir, President Obama demythologises presidency while reflecting on what it is like for a person to face extraordinary experiences and excel Barack Obama’s A Promised Land reflects upon what it is like for a person to face extraordinary experiences and excel. Obama demythologises presidency while, at the same time, sustaining the American narrative on democracy and leadership. The book has elements of a memoir, and an autobiography. Its reflections are suffused with flashbacks and some anecdotes. Obama’s unpretentious, engaging and persuasive style, as he reveals elsewhere, owes much to his interactions with his mother and grandmother, who instituted in him the love for African storytelling tradition. For the same reason, perhaps, his text is relatable. It has a certain kind of sly humour in the form of comic relief pitted with witty reflections that keep the reader interested. An honest narrative style enables him to bring out his own flaws and confusions while switching between options during his demanding presidential moments. His guilt on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, while keeping a large army in Afghanistan, is one such instance.