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Dr. Auma Obama Vibeke Muasya

Auma is the Founder and Director of the Sauti Kuu Foundation. Vibeke is writer, director and producer with an enviable record of
accomplishments and awards. Her work history includes voice-
Auma founded the foundation with a goal to create sustainable over, film, music, theater and television.
economic independence through the assistance of children,
adolescents and families with the discovery, development and Vibeke, originally a professional dancer and choreographer,
targeted use of their own resources and potentials. turned screenwriter and award-winning film director with her
1999 film “The Tulip Night”. 18 international awards and 9 films
She was born and raised in Kenya. She studied in Germany and later she formed her own company Muasya Media in 2016.
completed her master’s degree at the University of Heidelberg,
followed by a successfully completed degree program at the Having lived in Kenya, Denmark and the US, Vibeke has a wide
German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and received a range of creative connections and a world of experience to pull
doctoral degree from the University of Bayreuth at the same from.
time.

For several years, Dr. Obama lived and worked in Germany and
the UK before returning to Kenya, where she worked for the aid
organization CARE International. An important part of her work
there was the establishment and coordination of the network
‘Sport for Social Change’.

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