Auma Obama

*As the confluence of unique perspectives of filmmakers from around the world continues at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) , this year audiences will find the perfect setting to gaze upon The Education of Auma Obama .  The film is a documentary about President Obama’s sister, and shows young Barack and Michelle visiting Kenya in previous years.   The seventy nine minute motion picture explores Obama’s African roots and captures the spirit of his family’s political activism and social...Read Full Story

From mail-online.com He was young, successful… and selfish. Barack Obama’s autobiography reveals how it took the sister he had never met to give his life meaning By BARACK OBAMA Last updated at 9:34 PM on 08th June 2008 Comments (6) Add to My Stories He has made history as the first black man to get within reach of becoming the U.S. President. Here, in our second extract from his extraordinary autobiography, Barack Obama reveals with moving frankness the moment he met his half-sister...Read Full Story

Auma and Ian In previous  posts we are having conversations about the Obama family. Connections, relatives, marriages and births, as well as deaths. We compare pictures, reread press releases and continue to link people, places, business and history. This post will have several parts. There will be a something about several people and things, but let us start here first, with Auma Obama. We will begin with what Wikipedia has about Auma first. Family of Barack Obama – Wikipedia, the...Read Full Story

Auma Obama (Barack's Sister) on Beckmann (German TV) [1/3] tokodomo さんが 2008/11/26 にアップロード Dr. Auma Obama is Barack Obama's sister from Kenya. She lived in Germany for 16 years and she speaks German almost perfect - really impressive. On 'Beckmann' (German Talk Show) she talks about her brother Barack Obama, the election and the impact in general, her past in Germany and her life in Kenya today as well about her social engagement for 'Care'. http://www.care.de/care-english.html...Read Full Story

Film Reviews: One branch of President Obama's fascinating family tree reveals its own compelling story in Branwen Okpako's "The Education of Auma Obama." Born of the same father but raised by a different mother in the family's Kenyan homeland, Obama's half-sister Auma describes a life of intellectual inquiry and social activism that mirrors the future president's. Blessed with remarkable access to the Obamas during the 2008 election, the modestly made docu has little style but is engaging...Read Full Story