And Then Life Happens

by Auma Obama

  in Berlin

  Mombasa tourism and

  relations between whites and

  stereotyping of

  see also African Americans; Africans, Africa

  Boehringer Ingelheim

  Bracknell

  Obama’s employment and

  Obama’s life in

  Obama’s mother’s illness and

  Bracknell College

  Bridget Case

  Bush, George W.

  Carbondale, Ill.:

  comparisons between Chicago and

  Elke’s apartment in

  Obama’s trips to

  CARE

  Obama’s meeting with representative of

  Obama’s work for

  Washington conference of

  Carrier Corps, Kenyan

  Catholics

  Central Bank of Kenya

  Chicago, Ill.

  Obama’s brother’s apartment in

  Obama’s brother’s employment in

  Obama’s brother’s wedding in

  Obama’s trips to

  poverty in

  Christmas

  Clinton, Bill

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham

  CARE conference speech of

  letter to Obama from

  Obama’s brother’s presidential inauguration and

  presidential campaign of

  Columbia University

  Congress, U.S.

  see also Senate, U.S.

  Connexions

  Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

  Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

  Dieter (boyfriend)

  Obama’s last meeting with

  Obama’s relationship with

  Donald (friend)

  Doyle, Miss

  Dreams from My Father (Obama)

  drug abuse, drug dealers

  Dunham, Ann (stepmother)

  death of

  education of

  husband’s conversations with daughter about

  marriages of

  personality and character of

  pregnancies of

  son’s wedding and

  stepdaughter’s biological mother’s relationship with

  Dunham, Madelyn Lee Payne “Toot” (grandmother)

  Dunham, Stanley (grandfather)

  Duomo di Santa Maria Nascente

  Düsseldorf

  East African Railways

  Economic Planning and Development Ministry, Kenyan

  economics, economy

  Luo gender roles and

  Obama’s father’s government employment and

  of Uganda

  Elgon Road

  Elke (friend)

  departure from Saarbrücken of

  move to U.S. of

  Obama’s Carbondale trips and

  Obama’s Christmas with

  and Obama’s encounter with snow

  Obama’s father’s Saarbrücken visit and

  Obama’s filmmaking and

  and Obama’s life in Britain

  and Obama’s meeting with brother

  Obama’s pregnancy and

  and Obama’s relationships with opposite sex

  Obama’s relationship with

  Obama’s visits with family of

  Emmy (brother’s girlfriend)

  Fifth Symphony (Schubert)

  Finance Ministry, Kenyan

  Obama’s father’s death and

  Obama’s father’s employment at

  fine arts

  Flint, Peggy

  Florence

  Fort Jesus

  France, French

  Frankfurt

  Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

  Gabi (Elke’s sister)

  garbage can game

  gender, gender differences

  in agriculture

  and black tourists in Mombasa

  in Britain

  in family roles

  in Kenya

  Luo and

  in marriage

  Obama’s education and

  and Obama’s relationships with opposite sex

  Obama’s youth services work and

  Gerda (Karl’s sister)

  Germany, German

  Africans and

  Christmas in

  Obama hosted by families in

  Obama’s arrival in

  Obama’s brother’s stay in

  Obama’s culture shock in

  Obama’s dance group and

  Obama’s development work in

  Obama’s father’s trip to

  Obama’s filmmaking and

  Obama’s fluency in

  Obama’s journalism career in

  Obama’s life in

  and Obama’s life in Britain

  Obama’s pregnancy and

  Obama’s reading and studies in

  and Obama’s relationships with opposite sex

  and Obama’s relationship with husband

  Obama’s returns to

  and Obama’s returns to Kenya

  Obama’s teaching of

  and Obama’s trips to Chicago

  Obama’s wedding and

  racism in

  traveling in

  Goethe-Institut

  Gogo (friend)

  Great Britain

  Christmas in

  colonial Kenya and

  comparisons between Kenya and

  Kenyan education and

  Marvin’s trips to

  media in

  Obama’s life in

  Obama’s mother’s stays in

  Obama’s pregnancy and

  and Obama’s relationship with husband

  Obama’s returns to

  Obama’s youth services work and

  social behavior in

  Great Rift Valley

  Harare

  Harvard Law Review

  Harvard University

  Obama’s brother’s attendance at

  Obama’s father’s attendance at

  Hawaii, University of

  Heidelberg

  autumn celebration in

  Obama’s apartment in

  Obama’s mother’s trip to

  and Obama’s relationships with opposite sex

  Heidelberg University:

  friends made by Obama at

  Obama’s attendance at

  Obama’s employment at

  Obama’s graduation from

  Humphrey, Sally

  Hurlingham

  hut tax

  Iowa

  Islam

  Obama’s brother’s conversion to

  Ismail, Miss

  Italians, Italy:

  at Maasai Mara

  Obama’s trip to

  Jai (choreographer)

  Juliana (servant)

  Kanaiya, Mrs.

  Karachuonyo

  Kariokor

  Karl (boyfriend)

  finances of

  Italian trip of

  Kenyan stay of

  New York trip of

  Obama’s breakup with

  Obama’s relationship with

  return to Germany of

  Kendu Bay

  Kenya African National Union (KANU)

  Kenya Airways

  Kenya High School:

  academic and extracurricular activities at

  finances of students at

  Obama’s attendance at

  Obama’s crying fit at

  regulations of

  teachers at

  Kenyans, Kenya

  in Britain

  bureaucracy of

  Christmas in

  clothing worn in

  colonial past of

  comparisons between Britain and

  corruption in

  cost of living in

  crime in

  education in

  ethnic groups in

  independence gained by

  Karl’s stay in

  marijuana in

>   Marvin and

  Maasai Mara and

  and Obama’s arrival in Germany

  and Obama’s brother’s popularity and fame

  Obama’s brother’s presidential inauguration and

  Obama’s brother’s senatorial inauguration and

  Obama’s brother’s trips to

  Obama’s daughter’s trips to

  Obama’s departures from

  and Obama’s encounter with snow

  Obama’s father’s death and

  Obama’s father’s return to

  Obama’s first name and

  Obama’s identity and

  Obama’s mother’s illness and

  Obama’s returns to

  and Obama’s trip to Chicago

  Obama’s wedding and

  Obama’s youth services work in

  politics in

  polygamy in

  poverty in

  relations between blacks and whites in

  traveling in

  treatment of guests in

  in U.S.

  Kenyatta University

  Keziah (friend)

  Kibaki, Mwai

  Kikuyu

  Kileleshwa

  Kilifi

  Kilimani Primary School

  Kisumu

  Obama’s brother’s trips to

  Kiswahili

  Lake Constance

  Lake Turkana

  Lake Victoria

  Lavington

  London

  Obama and Marvin’s flight to

  Obama’s mother’s illness and

  love

  in Obama’s father’s marriages

  Obama’s marriage and

  and Obama’s relationships with opposite sex

  and Obama’s relationship with father

  and Obama’s relationship with mother

  Lucy (assistant)

  Luo

  on death

  family roles in

  gender and

  Kenyan politics and

  marriage and

  on new mothers

  new Obama family homestead and

  Obama’s brother and

  Obama’s daughter and

  Obama’s father and

  Obama’s first name and

  Malcolm (mechanic)

  Manners, Akinyi (daughter)

  adolescence of

  birth of

  Chicago trips of

  education of

  grandmother’s illness and

  grandmother’s relationship with

  infancy and childhood of

  Kenyan trips of

  media and

  naming of

  New York trip of

  uncle of

  Washington trips of

  Manners, Ian (husband)

  daughter’s birth and

  and daughter’s infancy and childhood

  divorce of

  finances of

  Kenyan trip of

  marriage proposal of

  personality and character of

  wedding of

  wife’s filmmaking and

  and wife’s first meeting with Marvin

  wife’s interpreter work and

  wife’s pregnancy and

  wife’s relationship with

  Manou (friend)

  manyur

  Maria (friend)

  marijuana smoking

  marriages, marriage:

  divorces, separations, and children in

  gender in

  love and

  Luo and

  polygamy in

  posthumous

  Marvin (boyfriend):

  arts and crafts business of

  British visits of

  Kenya and

  Obama’s attraction to

  Obama’s breakup with

  Obama’s brother and

  Obama’s first meeting with

  Obama’s mother’s illness and

  Obama’s relationship with

  physical appearance of

  trips to Zimbabwe of

  Mary Hill Primary School:

  Obama’s attendance at

  Obama’s difficulties at

  Maasai Mara game reserve

  Maseno Boys Secondary School

  matatu

  Mboya, Tom

  Milan

  Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa

  Moi, Daniel arap

  Mombasa

  Obama and brother’s trip to

  Obama and husband’s trip to

  Monika (neighbor)

  Mooney, Elizabeth

  Mount Kenya

  Moving the Goalposts

  Nairobi

  driving from Lake Turkana to

  Karl’s stay in

  Marvin’s trips to

  Obama and husband’s trip to

  Obama’s biological mother’s illness and

  Obama’s brother Abongo’s life in

  Obama’s brother Barack’s popularity and

  Obama’s brother Barack’s trips to

  Obama’s education and

  Obama’s father’s death and

  Obama’s father’s government employment in

  Obama’s father’s marriages and

  Obama’s life in and move to

  Obama’s stepmother’s life in

  Nairobi, University of:

  Obama’s brother’s speech at

  Obama’s teaching tenure at

  Nairobi River

  Nairobi School

  Ndegwa, Miss

  Ndesandjo, David (Opiyo David Obama) (brother)

  death of

  father’s death and

  grave of

  name change of

  parents’ divorce and

  Ndesandjo, Mark (Okuth Mark Obama) (brother)

  brother Barack’s visit with

  name change of

  parents’ divorce and

  sister’s relationship with

  sister’s visit with

  Ndesandjo, Ruth Obama (stepmother)

  background of

  biological sons’ names changed by

  divorce of

  husband’s other wife and

  life in Nairobi of

  marriages of

  religious beliefs of

  son David’s death and

  stepdaughter’s childhood and

  stepdaughter’s education and

  stepdaughter’s relationship with

  stepson Barack’s Kenyan trip and

  New York:

  9/11 terrorist attacks in

  Obama’s trips to

  Ngara

  9/11 terrorist attacks

  Nora (friend)

  Obama, Abongo (Malik) (brother)

  biological mother’s illness and

  biological mother’s relationship with

  birth of

  brother and

  education of

  father’s death and

  father’s education and

  father’s finances and

  father’s relationship with

  homestead of

  infancy, childhood, and adolescence of

  Islamic conversion of

  life in Nairobi of

  life in U.S. of

  sister’s relationship with

  stepmother’s divorce and

  wedding of

  Obama, Akumu (grandmother)

  Obama, Auma:

  administrative work of

  amnesia of

  athletics enjoyed by

  awards and honors of

  birthday celebration of

  birth of

  car problems of

  childhood and adolescence of

  cooking of

  crying fits of

  dancing of

  in dealing with media

  diet of

  divorce of

  education of

  elder care work of

  encounters with snow of
r />   fainting of

  filmmaking of

  finances of

  first name of

  hospital employment of

  as housewife

  identity issues of

  injuries of

  interpreter and translator work of

  journalism work of

  loneliness and isolation of

  marketing work of

  music listened to by

  naïveté of

  nightmares of

  passport application of

  personality and character of

  physical appearance of

  popularity and fame of

  pregnancy of

  reading of

  in relationships with opposite sex

  religious beliefs of

  seminars and lectures given by

  teaching career of

  wedding of

  youth services work of

  Obama, Auma (aunt)

  Obama, Barack Hussein, Jr. (brother)

  book written by

  brother and

  campaign slogan of

  cooking of

  correspondence between sister and

  education of

  employment in Chicago of

  father’s conversations with daughter about

  grandmother visited by

  identity of

  infancy and childhood of

  Kenyan trips of

  law career of

  in learning about father

  niece and

  physical appearance of

  political ambitions and work of

  popularity and fame of

  presidency won by

  presidential campaign of

  presidential inauguration of

  senatorial career of

  senatorial inauguration of

  similarities between father and

  sister’s Chicago trips and

  sister’s conversations with

  sister’s relationship with

  speeches of

  wedding of

  Obama, Barack Hussein, Sr. (father)

  African identity of

  birthplace of

  car accidents of

  childhood of

  as chosen one

  dancing of

  daughter’s childhood and

  daughter’s conversations with

  and daughter’s departure from Kenya

  daughter’s education and

  daughter’s first name and

  daughter’s last evening with

  and daughter’s relationships with opposite sex

  daughter’s relationship with

  death of

  deaths in family of

  divorces of

  education of

  finances of

  funeral of

  German trip of

  government employment of

  on honesty

  hospitalization of

  life in Nairobi of

  marriages of

  music appreciated by

  physical appearance of

  religious beliefs of

  return from U.S. of

  separation of

  similarities between son Barack and

  and son Abongo’s infancy and childhood

  son Abongo’s relationship with

  son Barack in learning about

  son Barack’s fame and

  son Barack’s Kenyan trips and

  Obama, Ben (brother):

  British visit of

  German visit of

  mother’s illness and

  Obama, Bonifus Odima (uncle)

  Obama, Catherine (aunt)