Obama's Kenyan Grandmother to Attend Inauguration

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: NYT/AP

President-elect Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother will be among the millions of people in Washington for the Inauguration.

Sarah Obama, the mother of Obama's Kenyan-born father, will join representatives from the Kenyan government, African Union and African diplomats for an unofficial inaugural ball on Jan. 20. Organizers say Kenya's foreign minister and the Boys Choir of Kenya also plan to travel to the United States for the invitation-only event at a Washington-area hotel.

Obama was born in Hawaii to a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya. Obama's father left when he a child and died in 1982. Obama was not especially close to his African family although he visited them on a 2006 trip to Kenya.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/06/washington/A...

[Sultana]

1. Oh, bless

Isn't she his step-granny?

[opihimoimoi]

2. I believe its his Blood Granny...direct line....

[Sultana]

3. I googled, she is the 3rd wife Hussein Onyango Obama

and she's not his blood granny.

He's blood granny is Habiba Akumu Obama (the second wife).

[opihimoimoi]

4. OMG...I had not known of other Grannies and wives...OMG....I guess its true..Step Granny

Does he know this???

[Sultana]

5. Yes, lol

[watrwefitinfor]

6. He must. He wrote about it in his book. n/t

[marshall]

7. Are they called step grandmothers and mothers in polygamous societies

The women refer to themselves as 'sister wives'. Don't the children refer to the father's other wives as mother?

[KamaAina]

8. So is she the "Obama Grandmama"?

Coming up on Fox...

[No Elephants]

9. This is the woman who supposedly told media she saw Barack (the POTUS Elect) be born in Kenya.

[applegrove]

10. This is so exciting.