NPR: Mama Sarah Obama https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=982391429 Mama Sarah Obama en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:33:45 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Mama Sarah Obama https://www.npr.org/tags/982391429/mama-sarah-obama Remembering Mama Sarah: Philanthropist And Obama Family Matriarch Dies In Kenya At 99 Sarah Obama, the former president's step-grandmother who helped raise his father, died Monday morning after a brief illness. She spent much of her life promoting education for girls and orphans. Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:45:47 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/982389895/remembering-mama-sarah-philanthropist-and-obama-family-matriarch-dies-in-kenya-a https://www.npr.org/2021/03/29/982389895/remembering-mama-sarah-philanthropist-and-obama-family-matriarch-dies-in-kenya-a

Sarah Obama, the former president's step-grandmother who helped raise his father, died Monday morning after a brief illness. She spent much of her life promoting education for girls and orphans.

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