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Barack Obama's mother was secretly in contact with his estranged father during his entire childhood without the future president's knowledge, a new book claims. Ann Dunham gave Barack Obama Sr regular updates about his life during the 1960s and 70s and even sent him school reports. It was not until the 1980s that Mr Obama became aware of the contact between the two - but he still did not forgive his father for being an absent dad. The claims are made in a new book by Mr Obama's half sister Auma in which she reveals that their father was routinely...

Kenya: In the Footsteps of Her Brother, ObamaJohn Makeni 8 April 2011 Nairobi — At 6.30pm, all the seats are already occupied. A bespectacled man walks to the stage and announces that the public reading will start in a minute. Soon Dr Auma Obama emerges from a side door and proceeds to the podium. She is greeted by a round of applause, and she flashes a smile back. Dr Obama steers clear of the limelight, and this was a rare moment when she appeared in a public podium. After all, she is the half-sister of the world's most powerful man,...

I anledning TV-aksjonen kommer den amerikanske presidentens halvsøster, Auma Obama, til Skavlan nå på fredag. Hun er født i Kenya, men har bodd i Tyskland og England i hele sitt liv.