In many ways Sub-Saharan Africa is booming. During our trip to Kenya in September this year, we saw new schools, roads, cell phones, motorbikes, and skyscrapers in places that looked economically stagnant just six years ago. And economic reports generally support this impression of a new chance against poverty. I love this progress and promise, but for many rural Kenyans these new opportunities pull them away from their roots in their ancestral villages. The family pays a price.