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Tatiana Schlossberg Family Guide: Meet Her Husband, Their 2 Kids and More

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Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis in November 2025.

Tatiana — who is the granddaughter of late president John F. Kennedy and former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis — confirmed in an essay published by The New Yorker that she was battling acute myeloid leukemia and was given a year to live by doctors.

She learned that she has a “rare mutation called Inversion 3” that could not be “cured by a standard course” of treatment shortly after welcoming her daughter, Josephine, in May 2024. (Tatiana and her husband, George Moran, also share a son, Edwin Garrett Moran, who was born in 2022.)

“I did not — could not — believe that they were talking about me. I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick. I was actually one of the healthiest people I knew,” Tatiana wrote in The New Yorker. “I had a son whom I loved more than anything and a newborn I needed to take care of.”

News broke in December 2025 that Tatiana died. She was 35.

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Keep scrolling for more information on Tatiana and her family.

George Moran

Tatiana Schlossberg met her future husband, George Moran, while they were both undergraduates at Yale University. Moran became a doctor at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, while Schlossberg worked for The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The Washington Post as an environmental reporter.

The New York Times reported in September 2017 that the couple had tied the knot at the Kennedy family home in Martha’s Vineyard in a ceremony officiated by former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.

Tatiana’s younger brother, Jack Schlossberg, announced on NBC’s Today in 2022 that his sister and her husband had welcomed their first baby, a son named Edwin Moran.

“I can’t get away from them,” Jack said of his sister and his newborn nephew. “I love them.”

Tatiana and George welcomed their youngest child, a daughter, in 2024. They have chosen to keep her name private.

Following her terminal cancer diagnosis, Tatiana credited George for his immense support following her cancer diagnosis.

“George did everything for me that he possibly could. He talked to all the doctors and insurance people that I didn’t want to talk to; he slept on the floor of the hospital; he didn’t get mad when I was raging on steroids and yelled at him that I did not like Schweppes ginger ale, only Canada Dry. He would go home to put our kids to bed and come back to bring me dinner,” she recalled in the New Yorker.

Tatiana added, “I know that not everyone can be married to a doctor, but, if you can, it’s a very good idea. He is perfect, and I feel so cheated and so sad that I don’t get to keep living the wonderful life I had with this kind, funny, handsome genius I managed to find.”

Edwin Moran

Tatiana’s younger brother, Jack, announced that he’d become an uncle during a 2022 interview on NBC’s Today.

“[Tatiana’s son’s] name is Edwin but I like to call him Jack,” the Kennedy heir teased.

In her New Yorker essay, Tatiana recalled that Edwin’s visits to the hospital were rare bright spots as she received cancer treatment.

“My son came to visit almost every day. … The nurses brought me warm blankets and let me sit on the floor of the skyway with my son, even though I wasn’t supposed to leave my room,” she recalled.

Tatiana reflected on a bonding experience with her son as her hair began to fall out during treatment.

“My hair started to fall out and I wore scarves to cover my head, remembering, vainly, each time I tied one on, how great my hair used to be; when my son came to visit, he wore them, too,” she said.

Josephine

Tatiana and George welcomed their daughter, Josephine, in May 2024. After giving birth, Tatiana spent five weeks at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and was transferred to Memorial Sloan Kettering to undergo a bone-marrow transplant. She later underwent chemotherapy at home.

She wrote in her New Yorker essay that one of her biggest fears after receiving a terminal diagnosis was that her newborn daughter wouldn’t remember her.

“My son might have a few memories, but he’ll probably start confusing them with pictures he sees or stories he hears,” she wrote. “I didn’t ever really get to take care of my daughter — I couldn’t change her diaper or give her a bath or feed her, all because of the risk of infection after my transplants. I was gone for almost half of her first year of life. I don’t know who, really, she thinks I am, and whether she will feel or remember, when I am gone, that I am her mother.”

When the family announced Tatiana’s death in December 2025, it was revealed that her daughter’s name is Josephine.

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy

Tatiana is the granddaughter of late President John F. Kennedy and former first lady Jackie Kennedy. The Kennedys shared daughter Caroline Kennedy and son John F. Kennedy Jr. (They also lost two children, daughter Arabella and son Patrick.)

President Kennedy was killed at age 46 in a fatal shooting on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Jackie later married Greek-Argentine magnate Aristotle Onassis, who died at age 69 in 1975. Jackie succumbed to Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 64 in May 1994.

Caroline Kennedy

John and Jackie Kennedy welcomed daughter Caroline Kennedy in November 1957. She was only 5 years old when her father was assassinated in 1963.

As an adult, Caroline worked at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she met her future husband, Edwin Schlossberg. They tied the knot at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts in 1986 and later welcomed three children: Rose, Tatiana and Jack.

Caroline eventually followed in her family’s footsteps by entering politics as an ambassador to Australia and Japan during Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s presidential administrations.

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Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg in November 2013. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Tatiana credited her parents and siblings with helping to raise her two children while she underwent grueling cancer treatment.

“My parents and my brother and sister, too, have been raising my children and sitting in my various hospital rooms almost every day for the last year and a half. They have held my hand unflinchingly while I have suffered, trying not to show their pain and sadness in order to protect me from it,” she wrote in her New Yorker essay. “This has been a great gift, even though I feel their pain every day. For my whole life, I have tried to be good, to be a good student and a good sister and a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry. Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”

Edwin Schlossberg

Caroline’s husband Edwin Schlossberg is an artist and designer. He founded the firm ESI Design and has written several books about design philosophy.

Edwin was appointed to the Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama in 2011, after receiving the prestigious National Arts Club Medal of Honor in 2004.

Rose Kennedy Schlossberg

Caroline and Edwin’s eldest daughter, Rose Schlossberg, arrived in June 1988 and was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.

She attended Harvard University, where she once gave Lindsay Lohan and her then-girlfriend Samantha Ronson a campus tour, according to the Boston Herald. She later received her master’s degree in interactive telecommunications from New York University.

Rose has worked as a production assistant on the TV show Brick City and the 2012 documentary Hard Times: Lost on Long Island. She co-wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning documentary series The Kalief Browder Story in 2017 and helped open a permanent exhibit for her late grandfather, John F. Kennedy, at the Kennedy Center in 2022.

She married restaurateur Rory McAuliffe in California in 2022.

John ‘Jack’ Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg

Caroline and Edwin’s youngest child, son Jack Schlossberg, was born in January 1993.

As an adult, he became popular on social media for his shirtless selfies and pop culture clapbacks — including criticizing American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy’s planned series about Jack’s late uncle John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. (The couple were killed in a 1999 plane crash, along with Carolyn’s sister Lauren Bessette.)

In November 2025, Jack announced plans to run for Congress in New York’s 12th congressional district in the 2026 midterm elections.

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Caroline Kennedy, Edwin Schlossberg and Jack Schlossberg in May 2015. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images

“I’m not running because I have all the answers to our problems. I’m running because the people of New York 12 do. I want to listen to your struggles, hear your stories, amplify your voice, go to Washington and execute on your behalf,” he wrote via Instagram.

Jack continued, “There is nowhere I’d rather be than in the arena fighting for my hometown. Over the next eight months, during the course of this campaign, I hope to meet as many of you as I can. If you see me on the street, please say hello. If I knock on your door, I hope we can have a conversation. Because politics should be personal.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Like most of her family, Tatiana has had a strained relationship with her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. since he endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. RFK Jr. was later appointed by Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which drew concern over his history of vaccine skepticism.

Tatiana wrote about her rift with her cousin in her New Yorker essay, revealing that his confirmation to the HHS role added stress during her illness. She pointed out that her husband George’s job at Columbia University was potentially in danger because the school was “one of the Trump Administration’s first targets in its crusade against alleged antisemitism on campuses.”

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“If George changed jobs, we didn’t know if we’d be able to get insurance, now that I had a preëxisting condition,” she wrote. “Bobby is a known skeptic of vaccines, and I was especially concerned that I wouldn’t be able to get mine again, leaving me to spend the rest of my life immunocompromised, along with millions of cancer survivors, small children, and the elderly.”

Tatiana unequivocally distanced herself from RFK’s statement that “there’s no vaccine that is safe and effective” during a 2023 appearance on the “Lex Fridman Podcast.”

“Bobby probably doesn’t remember the millions of people who were paralyzed or killed by polio before the vaccine was available,” she added. “My dad, who grew up in New York City in the nineteen-forties and fifties, does remember. Recently, I asked him what it was like when he got the vaccine. He said that it felt like freedom.”

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Obamas Were Meant to See Rob and Michele Reiner on the Day They Were Killed

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Michelle Obama is opening up about the tragic deaths of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.

“We’ve known them for many, many years, and we were supposed to be seeing them that night — last night — and we got the news,” Michelle, 61, said of herself and Barack Obama during a Monday, December 15, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Michelle also appeared to address President Donald Trump, who earlier Monday mocked Rob’s death, describing him as a “deranged person” who had “Trump derangement syndrome,” referring to the director’s frequent opposition to the Trump administration.

“And let me just say this: Unlike some people, Rob and Michele Reiner are some of the most decent, courageous people,” Michelle said on Monday. “They are not deranged or crazed. What they have always been are passionate people. In a time when there’s not a lot of courage going on, they were the kind of people who were ready to put their actions behind what they cared about. And they cared about their family, and they cared about this country, and they cared about fairness and equity, and that is the truth. I do know them.”

Rob Reiner Family Guide: Wife Michele and 4 Kids, Including Tracy and Nick

Rob, who was 78, and Michelle, 68, were found dead inside their home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles on Sunday, December 14. The Los Angeles Police Department said the couple were discovered with apparent stab wounds.

On Monday, Us Weekly confirmed that their son, Nick, 32, had been taken into custody and arrested on a murder charge in connection with his parents’ deaths. He is currently being held at the Twin Towers jail in L.A. with no bail.

Rob and Michele shared three children: sons Jake, 34, and Nick, and daughter Romy, 27. Rob also shared an adopted daughter, Tracy, 61, with his first wife, filmmaker Penny Marshall.

“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” a family spokesman said in a statement on Sunday. “We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”

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Former U.S. President Barack, 64, was among the celebrities and politicians who paid tribute to the Reiners late Sunday night.

“Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen,” Barack wrote via X. “But beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people—and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action. Together, he and his wife lived lives defined by purpose. They will be remembered for the values they championed and the countless people they inspired. We send our deepest condolences to all who loved them.”

A source exclusively told Us on Monday that there was some commotion between Rob, Michele and Nick at Conan O’Brien’s holiday party the night before the couple were killed.

Nick allegedly acted “creepily” at the Saturday, December 13, event. “Nick was going up to people at Conan O’Brien’s party asking if they were famous,” a source said, while TMZ reported that Rob and Nick got into an argument which was overheard by other guests.

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‘Days of Our Lives’ Cast Share Their Dream Guest Stars for Salem

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After 60 years on the air, Days of Our Lives has seen its fair share of memorable stars in Salem.

Married…With Children actress Christina Applegate appeared on the soap opera as a 3-month-old baby named Burt Grizell in 1972.

Long before marrying Ashton Kutcher and starting a family of her own, Mila Kunis played a young Hope on a 1994 episode.

Other stars like Pat Sajak, Kathie Lee Gifford and Kyle Richards also have had the opportunity to guest star on the long-running series.

‘Days of Our Lives’ Cast Share Their Favorite Couples From 60 Seasons

In November 2025, Peacock celebrated Days of Our Lives’ milestone 60th anniversary by bringing several current cast members together for a celebration at the Garland Hotel in Los Angeles.

Before raising a glass to more than 15,000 episodes, stars like AnnaLynne McCord, Deidre Hall and Martha Madison were asked by Us Weekly to reveal a dream guest star for Salem.

From athletes and Oscar winners to family members and Grammy winners, the cast had some creative ideas that may just grab the attention of producers.

Keep reading to see their picks and watch Days of Our Lives streaming exclusively on Peacock, with new episodes available weekdays.

Raven Bowens 

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“Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite,” the actress, who plays Chanel Dupree, told Us. “Maybe he was Stefano DiMera’s enemy or best friend or something like that. He comes basically to take Stefano’s place. Maybe he’s Stefano’s long-lost brother, and he’s got the same kind of, like, mob boss energy. He’s gonna retire, and he’s gonna come to Days. That’s what I’m manifesting. Daniel Days-Lewis.”

Carson Boatman 

“Man, there are so many people I’d love to work with,” the actor, who plays Johnny DiMera, admitted. “That’s a really tough question. Brad Pitt, I suppose. Speaking of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston would make sense. Her dad played Victor Kiriakis. That would be fun.”

JP Lavoisier 

“I would want Weird Al Yankovic, or my fun fact is my favorite solo artist is Peter Gabriel. If we ever had Peter Gabriel on the show? Epic,” the actor, who plays Philip Kiriakis, told Us. “I was a big fan of the show Glow when that was on. And the two lead actresses, Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin, blew me away. So they’d be a fun guest star. I just thought their talent was amazing.”

Abigail Klein 

“I’m going to say what just came to my mind. I’m going with Larry David,” Klein revealed to Us. “Imagine Larry does soaps as himself. That could be fun. And imagine a day in Salem, maybe through his eyes. It would be absolutely hysterical. He would have the most amazing observations. And so for that, I think he’d have a great time.”

Robert Scott Wilson 

“I want to bring in my boy, Leo. Bring in Leonardo DiCaprio,” the actor, who plays Alex Kiriakis, told Us. “I want him to come in and have a little taste of daytime. You know, he’s been the biggest name in movies for long enough, so have him get a taste of ours for a little while. Everybody would fall in love with Leo.”

Deidre Hall 

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Deidre Hall and Martha Madison Todd Williamson/Peacock

“I was gonna say my son. He would be terrific, and he’s done a lot of theater. That would be fun,” Hall explained to Us. “He went to a college in France, and he did a lot of theater and did a lot of dance. He’s very skilled and practiced. I was astonished that he could sing, because I can’t sing. Where did that come from?”

Martha Madison

“It’s so hard because I’ve worked with some really cool guest stars, I really have,” the actress, who plays Belle Black, told Us. “I mean, Dick Van Dyke, come on. How do you beat that? I’m a big Swiftie, so let’s get Taylor Swift on. We’ll make some bracelets together. We’ll shake it off. She would totally go for EJ [Dan Feuerriegel]. He’s tall.”

Cherie Jimenez 

If you ask Jimenez, she’d love to bring on the legends! “Susan Lucci! Are you kidding me? I would love her to come in,” the actress, who plays Gabi Hernandez, told Us. “I don’t know what she would do. Maybe working together, maybe something Gabi chic, like, she’s got her own empire, but Susan Lucci. What a dream. She is perfection. I love her so much.”

Tyler Andrews 

I would love for John Boyega to do a small little character on Days of Our Lives,” he shared. “Maybe a small villain that comes in and maybe actually interacts with [my character] Theodore Carver. That would be great. Yeah, that’d be fantastic.”

Dan Feuerriegel 

Days of Our Lives Cast Share Their Dream Guest Stars Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston and More
Dan Feuerriegel Todd Williamson/Peacock

“I would love to — because he somewhat started off in this — have George Clooney. I would love for George to come,” Feuerriegel told Us. “I would love for everybody who had a role starting off on soaps and then went on to much different things. John Stamos or even Jennifer Aniston. She’s very much connected to the show. That’s fun. Maybe Leonardo DiCaprio did soaps? There are so many people.”

Eric Martsolf 

“I think once she’s done chasing dinosaurs, I think Scarlett Johansson can come around and hang out with [my character] Brady a little bit,” Martsolf joked to Us. “Although it might be more dangerous being with Brady Black than a freaking Raptor.”

Greg Rikaart 

Rikaart wouldn’t object to another hunky actor joining the show. “I’d pick People‘s Sexiest Man Alive, Jonathan Bailey,” he said. “[He’d be] pining after me. That’s what I see him doing.”

Conner Floyd 

When it comes to guest stars, Floyd believes you have to go big or go home. “Maybe Bradley Cooper. Let’s get Quentin Tarantino,” he shared. “I’ll plug him for his next movie he’s doing. My list is too long. I’d be here all day.”

AnnaLynne McCord 

Days of Our Lives Cast Share Their Dream Guest Stars Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston and More
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“The love of my life, Danny Cipriani, was the best rugby player to play the game. He was a fly-half in the rugby union in the U.K. I would go to his games in the U.K., and he’s, like, amazing to watch,” McCord told Us. “I would like to do a story line with my sexy man. I’m just gonna throw that one out there. Danny Cipriani, everybody. Everybody in the U.K. knows why. Days of Our Lives, 2026 baby.”

Emily O’Brien  

“Kate Winslet, she’s just iconic. I’m addicted to watching her,” the actress, who plays Gwen Rizczech, told Us. “I think everything that she does is so intentional. I would probably just watch her in awe. She’s a master to me.”

 James Reynolds 

“I never thought about this till this moment. I was thinking of athletes, because I’m an old jock and I like sports,” Reynolds initially told Us. “I think President Barack Obama would be pretty cool. Wouldn’t that be great? I think he should be an old friend of [my character] Abe Carver that he knew back in Chicago. When I did leave the show, the character had gone to Chicago, and I think he just showed up in Salem to see what’s going on, do anything to help and share a good word.”

Linsey Godfrey

“I would be really excited if Sam Rockwell came. I think he would have a lot of fun on Days,” Godfrey told Us. “I think he would really enjoy the silliness of it. So that would be my dream.”

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Michelle Obama Recalls What Her Mom Marian Said Before Her Death

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Michelle Obama is recalling one of her last conversations with her mother, Marian Robinson.

The former First Lady, 61, discussed Marian, who died in May 2024 at age 86, during a Wednesday, November 5 event in New York City to promote her latest book, The Look.

Obama shared that she finally understood why Marian had started preparing her and brother Craig Robinson for her death when they were kids.

“What she was doing was letting us know that she loved us, but that we could live life with and without her, and I understand that now as a parent,” Obama said, per People.

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She said that she wants daughters Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24, whom she shares with her husband, former President Barack Obama, “to know, ‘I love you, you love me, but you don’t need me. You know everything you need to know to be successful.’”

Obama cared for Marian toward the end of her life. According to People, as mother and daughter sat on the couch one day, Marian told Obama, “Wow, that was quick.”

Obama asked her what she meant by that, and Marian responded with one word: “Life.”

“That’s all she said, but what I got from that was even in her practical-minded way, that you’re never ready,” Michelle explained. “And I don’t think that she was done living. It just comes, and then life is over. I was like, ‘Let me hear that. Let me understand that, that even with a wonderful life, I want to be present.’”

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Obama celebrated her 60th birthday in January 2024. 

“I think that feeling of 60 is about trying to be present in the feeling,” she said Wednesday. “Trying to be present in this moment in my life so that this last chapter is exactly the way I want it to be.”

She said that as she reached the milestone age, “I realized how much breath-holding and decision-making I was doing to ensure my girls would turn out whole.”

Now that her kids are in their 20s, “This is the first time in my life where every single decision I make is mine,” she said. “It’s what I want to do. … What do I want, what do I feel? This is the first time that I’ve been able to do that for me, no excuses. That means that the consequences are mine, too, and there’s a freedom with that.”

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She added: “If I’m lucky, I live to 90 and that’s 30 good summers.”

Recently, Obama told People that she inherited a beauty habit from Marian: A full commitment to hair-color maintenance. 

“I’m coloring that gray hair,” she said. “I’m not wincing [when I see one], but I’m not leaving it there long.”

She explained: “My mother was the same way. My mother dyed her hair until the day she died. She had a beautiful sandy color blonde that mixed in well with the gray. I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m going to be doing that too.’”

Lifestyle

Iran’s president says U.S. ‘looting’ planet, spreading insecurity

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Iran’s president on Thursday reacted to comments by Donald Trump during his visit to the region, accusing him of plundering the planet.

He made the comments during a visit to the western city of Kermanshah.

On Tuesday Trump said Iranian leaders were “focused on stealing their people’s wealth to fund terror and bloodshed abroad”.

Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was seeking peace and calm. His foreign minister has held 4 meetings with a Trump special envoy, seeking to reach a nuclear deal.

Trump on Wednesday said he wants “to make a deal,” but Tehran must end its support of proxy groups throughout the Mideast as part of any potential agreement.

The U.S. and Iran brokered a nuclear deal in 2015, during Democrat Barack Obama’s administration, in which Iran agreed to drastically reduce its stockpile of uranium and only enrich up to 3.67%. But that deal was scrapped during the first Trump administration.

Today, Iran enriches up to 60%, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels, and has enough stockpiled for multiple nuclear bombs should it choose to build them.

Source: Africanews

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Lifestyle

Kehinde Wiley Redefines African Leadership in ‘A Maze of Power’

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American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in Morocco earlier this month, building on his now famous 2018 portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama sitting casually amid a wild cascade of leaves and flowers.

His exhibition, entitled “A Maze of Power,” opened at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat, Morocco’s capital, after previously showing in Paris and Dakar, Senegal. The artwork borrows from classical easel painting techniques, posing African leaders in a style mainly associated with European royalty and aristocracy.

The maze “is a series of daily challenges of how to wield that power, how to negotiate their offices,” Wiley said. In one portrait, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, former president of Madagascar, is depicted sitting confidently astride a horse. And Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast, is seen clenching his brow as he grips a sword in his right hand.

“It’s about them and their personal decisions. And if we pull really far back, it’s about the representation of power for hundreds of years that starts in Western Europe,” Wiley told The Associated Press at the opening of his exhibition.

“A Maze of Power” arrived in Morocco seven months after first showing at Paris’ Musée du Quai Branly — Jacques Chirac. It’s part of the Moroccan museum’s efforts to become a hub for African art ahead of the next year’s opening of the Museum of the African Continent, across the street in Rabat.

Wiley said that after his Obama portrait, he was able to leverage his connections to gain audiences with leaders from across Africa and persuade them to sit for him. In addition to Obama’s, the portraits also echo Wiley’s earlier works, in which young Black men appear in poses most associated with paintings of kings and generals.

Showing his would-be subjects a book full of classical paintings to draw inspiration from, Wiley said he prepares for painting by taking hundreds of photographs of each leader and then placing them in settings both real and abstract.

Although he wanted to show political power, the leaders’ individual political choices were not relevant to the series, Wiley said.

The leaders depicted include some marred by corruption scandals and others who ignored presidential term limits and repressed protestors. There are also two whose militaries are fighting each other in eastern Congo: Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi.

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Lifestyle, Obituaries

Obama’s only surviving Aunt Hawa Auma Magak Dies Of Stroke at 80

Angella Semu

Former US president Barack Obama’s aunt Hawa Auma Magak has died on Thursday morning her home at Kokal Kambero Village, Kasipul Constituency in Homa Bay County.

Mama Hawa Obama, the sister of late Barack Obama Snr, died few days after beinh discharged from Rachuonyo South Sub-county hospital for home based care.

Hawa’s eldest son Razick Magak confirmed the passion of his mother who died at 12.50 am after battled with stroke for more than two years.

According to Razick Magak, the family had made several efforts to aid her get medical care including herbal medication but the disease persisted.

The family said she will be interred on Thursday afternoon in line with Muslim rites.

This comes barely eight months after the passing of Barack’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Onyango Obama who died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99.

Regional, Sports

Ex-US President Barack Obama Joins NBA Africa as partner

Maravi Post Reporter

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner.

President Obama will help advance the league’s social responsibility efforts across the continent, including programs and partnerships that support greater gender equality and economic inclusion.

In this capacity, President Obama will have a minority equity stake in the new venture, which over time he intends to use to fund Obama Foundation youth and leadership programs across Africa.

NBA Africa conducts the league’s business in Africa, including the Basketball Africa League (BAL) which held its inaugural season in May featuring 12 of the top club teams from 12 African countries.

NBA Africa is focused on expanding the NBA’s presence in priority African markets, deepening the league’s engagement with players and fans across the continent, and continuing to grow Africa’s basketball ecosystem through programs like the Jr. NBA, Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa and NBA Academy Africa.

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In addition, NBA Africa has launched several social responsibility initiatives aimed at raising awareness of gender-based violence, supporting girls’ education, and improving the livelihoods of African youth and families.

“The NBA has always been a great ambassador for the United States—using the game to create deeper connections around the world, and in Africa, basketball has the power to promote opportunity, wellness, equality, and empowerment across the continent,” said President Barack Obama.

“By investing in communities, promoting gender equality, and cultivating the love of the game of basketball, I believe that NBA Africa can make a difference for so many of Africa’s young people.

I’ve been impressed by the league’s commitment to Africa, including the leadership shown by so many African players who want to give back to their own countries and communities.  That’s why I’m proud to join the team at NBA Africa and look forward to a partnership that benefits the youth of so many countries.”

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“We are honored that President Obama has become a strategic partner in NBA Africa and will support our wide-ranging efforts to grow the game of basketball on the continent,” said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

“In addition to his well-documented love for basketball, President Obama has a firm belief in Africa’s potential and the enormous growth opportunities that exist through sports.  NBA Africa will benefit tremendously from his engagement.”

“We have ambitious growth plans for NBA Africa and having President Obama join our efforts is a recognition that through sport, Africa can take its rightful place on the world stage,” said NBA Africa CEO Victor Williams.

“We look forward to working with President Obama and our strategic investors to use basketball as an economic growth engine across the continent and as a platform to improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest-growing populations.”

Strategic investors in NBA Africa include a consortium led by Babatunde “Tunde” Folawiyo, Chairman and CEO of Yinka Folawiyo Group, and Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation (HFP), led by Co-CEO Tope Lawani.  Additional investors in NBA Africa include NBA Legends Junior Bridgeman, Luol Deng (South Sudan), Grant Hill, Ian Mahinmi (France; ties to Benin), Dikembe Mutombo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Joakim Noah (ties to Cameroon).

The NBA has a decades-long history in Africa and opened its African headquarters in Johannesburg in 2010.  Since then, the league’s efforts on the continent have focused on increasing access to basketball and the NBA through social responsibility, grassroots and elite development, media distribution, corporate partnerships, NBA Africa Games, the launch of the BAL, and more.

The inaugural BAL season was broadcast to fans in 215 countries and territories in 15 languages.  On Sunday, May 30, Zamalek (Egypt) defeated US Monastir (Tunisia) 76-63 to win the first BAL Championship.  Fans can follow @NBA_Africa and @theBAL on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Obama’s Kenyan grandmother dies aged 99

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Obama’s Kenyan grandmother dies aged 99

Maravi Post Reporter

The Kenyan grandmother of former US President Barack Obama has died at the age of 99.

Sarah Obama died on Monday morning at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu in Kenya.

Her daughter, Marsat Obama confirmed her death, saying she had been admitted to the hospital over the weekend.

Marsat Obama was quoted by local news outlet Daily Nation as saying that Mama Sarah “was diagnosed with stroke in September last year and had blood sugar related problems.”

Sarah Obama was fondly referred to as Granny Sarah by former president Obama.

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Mrs. Obama defended President Obama during the US elections when he faced accusations of being a Muslim and not born in the US.

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has condoled the Obama family saying “The passing away of Mama Sarah is a big blow to our nation.

We’ve lost a strong, virtuous woman, a matriarch who held together the Obama family and was an icon of family values.”

Kenyatta said Mama Sarah Obama will be remembered by many for her philanthropic work, especially in her Nyang’oma-Kogelo home in Siaya County where she initiated several community development projects.

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There have been other tributes from leading Kenyan politicians including former Prime minister, Raila Odinga as well.

He said “she became a symbol of the Resilience and Confidence of the African woman with a unique capacity to face the challenges of life.

She utilized her grandson President Barack Obama’s rise to promote the education of girls and fight social ills through her Foundation.”

Her family is making arrangements to have her buried at her Kogelo home on Tuesday.

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Barack Obama, on behalf of all men, confesses to women: ‘You’re better than us’

Maravi Post Reporter

NEW YORK -(MaraviPost)-Everybody thinks Barack Obama is a single human being, but that’s not precisely correct. There are actually two Barack Obamas.

There’s the Obama who is saying whatever he’s saying right at this moment, and there’s the Obama who, at some point in the past, said the exact opposite.

I call them Past Obama and Present Obama. And Present Obama’s super-power is that he always sounds like he means what he says, even when it directly contradicts whatever Past Obama said.

Such as his latest pronouncement about the state of the world. While speaking at a private event in Singapore, he said the following, according to Saira Asher at BBC News:

If women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes, former US President Barack Obama has said…

“Now women, I just want you to know; you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is that you’re better than us [men].

“I’m absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything… living standards and outcomes… If you look at the world and look at the problems it’s usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way.”

Oh.

Well, if this is true, I have just one question for Present Obama: Why did Past Obama prevent a woman from becoming president of the United States in 2008? If a woman had been running things between 2009-2016, according to you, the world would be much better off. So why did you screw everything up? It was her turn, and you ruined it. Now she’ll never be president, and it’s all your fault. You refused to get out of the way.

Barack Obama, don’t you owe Hillary Clinton an apology?

And here’s another question for Present Obama: If gender is nothing but a social construct, as we’re constantly reminded by our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters, then why does it matter which gender a leader chooses? If gender doesn’t matter… why does it matter?

But we can hardly blame Obama for pandering. After decimating the Democratic Party and ushering in the era of Trump, poor ol’ Barry needs all the friends he can get.

Source: pjmedia.com