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06/06/2012

Barack Obama's half-sister Auma on her childhood and the father she shares with the President.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

Today, Barack Obama's half-sister Auma on her Kenyan childhood and the father she shares with the President. Her book, And Then Life Happens, is published by St Martin's Press.

Also, the Brazilian explorer who spends much of his life flying in his small aeroplane over the Amazon River.

And Outlook listeners who got in touch to say how learning a language changed their lives.

(Image: Auma Obama, half-sister of US President Barack Obama. Credit: Getty Images)

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