Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, known affectionately to many as Mama Sarah, has died in Kenya at the age of 99. Sarah Obama was the third wife of the former president’s paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama. In a statement, Barack Obama said: “My family and I are mourning the loss of our beloved grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama, affectionately known to many as ‘Mama Sarah’ but known to us as ‘Dani’ or Granny. “The passing away of Mama Sarah is a big blow to our nation,” he wrote. A matriarch who held together the Obama family and was an icon of family values.”

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2021 14:15 UTC