Auma Obama

Born 1961 in Nairobi

1961		Born as daughter of Barack Obama Sr, civil servant, and his first wife, Kezia Childhood and youth with the father and his third wife, Ruth, in Nairobi Attended the Kenya High School, Nairobi
1980		DAAD bursary for studies in Sociology and German College in Saarbrücken, Masters in Heidelberg
1982		Father dies in car accident under unclear circumstances
1988		Short return to Kenya Teaching positions at the University of Nairobi and at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi
1989-1996		Doctorate in Bayreuth, studies at the Berlin Film Academy Works as freelance journalist and in adult education in Germany
1996		Marries the British citizen, Ian Manners Moves to Britain Birth of a daughter
from 2006		Divorce, returns to Kenya Works at the aid organization “Care International” in Nairobi. One of her tasks is the coordination of the “Sport for Social Change” initiative and subprojects, such as “Box-Girls”, an initiative to strenghten girls’ self-confidence.
2008		Obama’s brother, Barack Jr, becomes US president.
2010		Publishes her autobiography, "Das Leben kommt immer dazwischen. Stationen einer Reise", (“Life always comes in-between. Stages in a journey”) exclusively in German

Das Leben kommt immer dazwischen. Stationen einer Reise, 2010

Arbeitsauffassungen in Deutschland und ihre literarische Kritik in ausgewählten Texten der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur zwischen 1953 und 1983 : ein Beitrag zum Kulturvergleich Deutschland - Kenia. Universität Bayreuth (Dissertation), 1996