''The Education of Auma Obama'' is a 2011 German documentary on the life of

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...

's half-sister

Auma Obama Rita Auma Obama (born 1960) is a Kenyan-British community activist, Sociology, sociologist, journalist, author, and half-sister of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama serves as the Chairperson, executive chairwoman of S ...

. It won the ''Best Diaspora Documentary'' Award at the

Africa Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards is an annual entertainment award ceremony presented to recognize excellence among African and non-African professionals, who have contributed to the African film industry. The award was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osig ...

. It was directed by

Branwen Okpako Prof. Branwen Kiemute Okpako (born 25 February 1969), is a Nigerian–born Welsh German filmmaker. She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed films ''The Education of Auma Obama'', ''Dirt for Dinner'' and ''Landing''. Apart fro ...

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* German documentary films Best Diaspora Documentary Africa Movie Academy Award winners 2011 films Biographical documentary films 2011 documentary films Documentary films about women 2010s German films {{Bio-documentary-film-stub