Barack Obama bids farewell to his 99-year-old grandmother | NOW

Sarah, the 99-year-old grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, died Monday morning. Obama, who wrote about his grandmother in her book Dreams of my father, share the news on Monday social media.

Sarah Obama died in hospital and had been ill for some time. “My family and I mourn the loss of our dear grandmother Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama,” the former president wrote.

“To many she was known as ‘Mama Sarah’, but we called her Dani or granny. She will be sorely missed, but we will also celebrate her long and remarkable life. “

Obama was very close to his grandmother, who was not a parent. She was her grandfather’s second wife and raised her senior son Barack Obama in Kenya.

Barack Obama junior hardly knew his father; After his parents divorced in 1963, Obama Sr. moved from Hawaii to Kenya and was killed in a car crash in 1982.

In 1995, Obama wrote Dream of my father, in which he begins a search for his father’s Kenyan parents. His grandmother, with whom he had a good relationship, also plays a role in his memories. Sarah Obama also attended the Obama inauguration in 2009.

My family and I mourn the loss of our beloved grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama, affectionately known to many as “Mama Sarah” but known as “Dani” or Granny. She will be sorely missed, but we will celebrate with gratitude her long and remarkable life.

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13:35 – 29 March 2021