Auma obama wikipedia biography

Kenyan-British community activist, journalist and author

Rita Auma Obama (born 1960) is a Kenyan-British community activist, sociologist, journalist, author, and half-sister of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.

Obama serves as the executive chairwoman of Sauti Kuu Foundation (Strong Voices Foundation), a non-profit organisation that helps orphans and other young people struggling with poverty in Kenya.^[1][2][3]

Background and education

Auma Obama is the daughter of Barack Obama Sr.

and his first wife, Kezia Obama (née Aoko).^[4][5][6] She is the older half-sister of Barack Obama. After attending a local elementary school and The Kenya High School for secondary education (1973–1978), she secured a scholarship to attend university in Germany.

She studied German at Heidelberg University from 1981 until 1987. After her graduation from Heidelberg, she went for graduate studies at the Un