Nyang'oma Kogelo (also known simply as Kogelo) is a village in Kenya which gained international fame due to being the hometown of Barack Obama Sr., the father of the current US President Barack Obama.
Rosa Anyango poses for a photograph carrying a bag with the colors of the US flag as she walks from the market near the ancestral home of Barack Obama, Sr., the father of the current US President Barack Obama, in Nyangoma village in Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. June 22, 2015.
A motorcyclist wearing a T-shirt with the image of US President Barack Obama waits for fuel at the trading centre in Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2015.
John Ades, a 66-year-old gold prospector, crushes raw mineral ore at an open-pit mine in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2015.
A woman buys glasses at the Kogelo market next to a shop selling t-shirts with a depiction of US President Barack Obama. July 13, 2015.
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A poster of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of US President Barack Obama, is displayed during a groundbreaking ceremony for her Mama Sarah Obama Foundation charitable organization, in her home town of Kogelo, Kenya. July 18, 2015.
Elizabeth Aluoch has her hair done at a salon in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 15, 2015
People hurry through a busy market in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 14, 2015.
Men drive a donkey-cart as they carry water from a stream in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2015.
Margaret Ngesa of the Legion Maria of African Church Mission prays for the State visit of US President Barack Obama in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2015.
Seven-year-old Barack Obama Okoth, named after US President Barack Obama, sits inside an empty classroom as he speaks with Reuters at the Senator Obama primary school in Nyangoma village in Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. June 23, 2015.
Gold prospectors work at an open-pit mine in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2015.
A motorcyclist fuels his bike at a station within the trading centre in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2015.
