Alego, in Siaya County, is where Barack Obama Sr was born and where his father and grandfather are buried. The village of Kogelo became famous when Obama's American son was elected president in 2008. Suddenly the world knew where Alego was. Journalists came, politicians visited, tourists arrived. For a moment, this small corner of Nyanza was the center of global attention. Obama Sr's story, the brilliant rise and tragic fall, is Alego's story too: talent, migration, loss, and the long shadow of what might have been.