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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 721534" data-attributes="member: 12952">Kenya:&nbsp; Special Report: Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots&nbsp; John Oywa&nbsp; 15 August 2004Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as it were, in the sleepy village of&nbsp; Alego-Kogello where Barack Obama Snr grew up, they call the prospective&nbsp; Senator &quot;Wuod Sarah&quot;, Dholuo for &quot;the son of Sarah&quot;, Sarah being his&nbsp; foster grandmother.Obama&#039;s real grand mother - the late Habiba Akumu separated with his&nbsp; grandfather, thus forcing Sarah to step in to care for himThe Obama family are among the few Muslims in the locality.According to the family, Obama&#039;s father travelled to America to study&nbsp; at the University of Hawaii in 1959.While there, he worked for an oil&nbsp; company and married his second wife, a white woman, named Anna Toot, and&nbsp; their union produced Barack Obama Jr.The marriage later broke up after Anna&#039;s father opposed it, according&nbsp; to Mama Sarah.&quot;Anna&#039;s father was furious about the marriage and threatened to have&nbsp; Obama Snr expelled from the university.Our son sent us letters,&nbsp; pleading that we intervene to save the marriage,&quot; remembers Sarah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 721534, member: 12952"] [B][U]Kenya[/U]: Special Report: Sleepy Little Village Where Obama Traces His Own Roots[/B] John Oywa 15 August 2004 Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as it were, in the sleepy village of Alego-Kogello where Barack Obama Snr grew up, they call the prospective Senator "Wuod Sarah", Dholuo for "the son of Sarah", Sarah being his foster grandmother. Obama's real grand mother - the late Habiba Akumu separated with his grandfather, thus forcing Sarah to step in to care for him The Obama family are among the few Muslims in the locality. According to the family, Obama's father travelled to America to study at the University of Hawaii in 1959. While there, he worked for an oil company and married his second wife, a white woman, named Anna Toot, and their union produced Barack Obama Jr. The marriage later broke up after Anna's father opposed it, according to Mama Sarah. "Anna's father was furious about the marriage and threatened to have Obama Snr expelled from the university. Our son sent us letters, pleading that we intervene to save the marriage," remembers Sarah. [/QUOTE]

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