Auma Obama

*Auma Obama, a half-sister of President Barack Obama, visited the “Today” show this morning to promote her new memoir “And Then Life Happens,” about growing up in a remote village in Kenya, her life and her relationship with her famous brother, who she met for the first time in the 1980s. “When I met my brother, we had this instant connection,” she told co-host Ann Curry about the relationship she forged with him as a young adult. “I was able to talk to him and he really understood the things...Read Full Story

Growing up in Kenya, Auma Obama heard stories about her half-brother, Barry, but they didn't meet until they were in their twenties. TIME sat down with her to hear her story. | time.comRead Full Story

*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 and how...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 free...Read Full Story

Auma Obama, author of "And Then Life Happens" talks about meeting her half-brother Barack Obama for the first time.Read Full Story

Half-sister of Barack Obama, Auma Obama tells Piers Morgan about their first meeting in Chicago.Read Full Story

The half-sister of Barack Obama reveals how it felt when her little brother became presidentRead 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

An academic overachiever, she studied linguistics and contemporary dance in Heidelberg, Germany, before enrolling in film school in Berlin, where she met Nigerian-born director Okpako in the nineties. After living in the United Kingdom for a ...Read Full Story