And Then Life Happens (39 page)

Obama's brother Barack's presidential campaign and

Obama's brother Barack's presidential inauguration and

and Obama's brother Barack's visit with grandmother

Obama's father's education in

Obama's father's marriages and

Obama's father's return from

Obama's mother's marriage and

Upper Hill

Vicky (friend)

Wanjohi, Mrs.

Washington, D.C.

CARE conference in

Obama's brother's presidential inauguration and

Obama's trips to

Waiyaki, Munyua

Were, George

Wexham Park Hospital

whites

Obama's brother's presidential campaign and

Obama's stepmothers and

relations between blacks and

Wierlacher, Alois

Woodley

World Wide Lit

Wyatt, Miss

Zenith Promotions

Zimbabwe

Obama's trips to

screenwriters workshops in

 

My father's farewell photo just before he left for the United States to study. Seated are my grandfather and mother (who was pregnant with me at the time.) Uncle Were, an aunt, and my father, who is holding Abongo's hand, are standing.

Me with my mother and Abongo.

My father with Abongo and me in our house in Roslyn shortly after we had moved in with him and Ruth. Uncle Were is standing in the background.

My grandmother Sarah at her homestead next to her water tank.

Me with grandmother Sarah on her compound.

My older brother Abongo and I (at around fourteen) at a friend's house.

Me in front of the school library at Kenya High School.

Me at nineteen with grandmother Sarah.

Me cooking in the communal kitchen of our shared student flat in Heidelberg.

Me and my mother during her visit to Heidelberg.

With Barack in his kitchen during our first meeting in Chicago.

Barack and Michelle with family members—I'm in purple—on their first visit to Kenya and our homestead in Alego.