Barack Obama with his grandmother Mama Sarah Obama in Kogelo in 1987 [Courtesy]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. When I first travelled to Kenya to learn more about my heritage and father, who had passed away by then, it was Granny who served as a bridge to the past, and it was her stories that helped fill a void in my heart. Subscribe to Our Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers! Liberation movementsDuring the course of her life, granny would witness epochal changes taking place around the globe: world war, liberation movements, moon landings, and the advent of the computer age. And yet her essential spirit - strong, proud, hard-working, unimpressed with conventional marks of status and full of common sense and good humour - never changed.

Source: Standard Digital March 29, 2021 19:46 UTC