I can’t believe that these young people are just trying to demonstrate for their rights and to tell them that we understand that they need to use the… - Auma Obama

My brother is authentic. He really believes in what he is trying to do. So there’s no hidden agenda. In that sense, he really is an open book. And I think that authenticity, that passion, and the image and the drive—it resonates with people.

Germans always like to think that they have a very liberal attitude towards Africans. But when you scratch the surface you can see that they they still carry around the prejudices of their childhood. In German fairy tales black people always appear as the bogey man. You don't forget things like that so easily.

It's special for us and for our children and for our communities because it tells every child that if you work hard you can do whatever you want in this world. You can make you future