Auma Obama, was last week awarded the Hans Rosenthal Honorary Prize in Landau for her work with the Sauti Kuu Foundation.
The award is named in honour of Hans Rosenthal, a German radio and TV host that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It was introduced in 2003 by the Hans Rosenthal Foundation and comes with a 10,000 euro award for the honoree.
The prize that is awarded annually has a 13-member jury which includes former Prime Minister Kurt Beck (SPD) from Rhineland-Palatinate, SWR director Peter Boudgoust and editor-in-chief of the “Rheinpfalz” Michael Garthe, that help pick the winner.