Mama Sarah

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Mama Sarah is the affectionate honorific name of Sarah Onyango Obama, the Kenyan educator and philanthropist who was the step-grandmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Mama Sarah canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Barack Obama family member
educator
human
non-profit organization
philanthropist
state order
awardReceived Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear
burialPlace Kogelo
linked to: Kogelo, Kenya
causeOfDeath illness
country Kenya
Kenya
countryOfCitizenship Kenya
dateOfBirth 1922-01-01
dateOfDeath 2021-03-29
ethnicGroup Luo people
familyName Obama
linked to: Barack Obama
fieldOfWork education
orphans welfare
widows welfare
founded Mama Sarah Obama Foundation
gender female
givenName Sarah
hasHonorificName Mama Sarah
languageSpoken Dholuo
English
Swahili
nativeName Sarah Onyango Obama
notableFor being step-grandmother of Barack Obama
notableWork advocacy for girls’ education in rural Kenya
supporting education for orphans in Kenya
occupation educator
philanthropist
placeOfBirth Kenya Colony
linked to: British East Africa

Nyanza Province
Rachuonyo District
placeOfDeath Kenya
Kisumu
refersTo Sarah Onyango Obama
relative Barack Obama Sr.
religion Islam
residence Kenya
Kogelo
linked to: Kogelo, Kenya

Siaya County
spouse Hussein Onyango Obama
stepGrandmotherOf Barack Obama

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Sarah Onyango Obama hasHonorificName Mama Sarah
subject linked to: Mama Sarah