Don’t know about this, but I do know Mom and Dad were both Marxists.
I have a professional colleague who lived three doors doors from Barack Sr. in Kenya.
He tells a tale of Barack Sr. chasing his other white wife through the neighborhood, with her saying “help me” “save me”.
He also says that it was VERY clear that she neither wanted to be helped nor saved.
It sounds more like it was a playful game to me...