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Sarah Onyango Obama

Kenyan educator and philanthropist

  • Fame43.1
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia946
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Lived 1922–2021, aged 99
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  • Era
    1922–2021
    Aged 99
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Updated 2026-08-26

Sarah Onyango Obama was a Kenyan educator and philanthropist. She was the third wife of Hussein Onyango Obama, the paternal grandfather of U.S. president Barack Obama and helped raise his father, Barack Obama Sr. She was known by her short name as Sarah Obama and was sometimes referred to as Sarah Ogwel, Sarah Hussein Obama, or Sarah Anyango Obama. She lived in Nyang'oma Kogelo village, 48 km west of western Kenya's main city, Kisumu, on the edge of Lake Victoria.

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