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ndrosenTo continue with the afternoon of July 29, 2017, Lindy Davies introduced Gordon Abiama, to talk about “The Georgist Philosophy, Africa, and the Ecovillage Connection.” He said that Henry George is little known in Africa. He thanked Lindy Davies, Alanna Hartzok, and Professor Heather Remoff for educating him; back in 1986, he saw a small ad in The Economist magazine, and took the course by snail mail.
Flash back: Odi Ecovillage.
As a pastor, Mr. Abiama comes in contact with people in need. He read a letter from a woman begging for aid. Possibly she would go farm, as her business in the city was not a success. Young people go to the cities, looking for jobs, leaving the old to till the soil.
Farmers and fishers (indigenous people) sold land to the Ibo, who are more commercial, and became tenants of the Ibo.
Also, in Gordon Abiama’s own state, a middle-aged woman working a patch of farmland saw bulldozers. The foreman told her to go; the menfolk had sold the land. In a few days, she came back and joined the workforce to build a three storey building on what had been her patch of farm.
Mr. Abiama quoted Henry George’s Social Problems.
To be continued.
Flash back: Odi Ecovillage.
As a pastor, Mr. Abiama comes in contact with people in need. He read a letter from a woman begging for aid. Possibly she would go farm, as her business in the city was not a success. Young people go to the cities, looking for jobs, leaving the old to till the soil.
Farmers and fishers (indigenous people) sold land to the Ibo, who are more commercial, and became tenants of the Ibo.
Also, in Gordon Abiama’s own state, a middle-aged woman working a patch of farmland saw bulldozers. The foreman told her to go; the menfolk had sold the land. In a few days, she came back and joined the workforce to build a three storey building on what had been her patch of farm.
Mr. Abiama quoted Henry George’s Social Problems.
To be continued.
