Twenty-five years ago Abdullahi Tijjani had a vision for Kuki, a village in the north of Nigeria he became chief of at age 14: "Hunger will become a thing of the past once we marry modern technologies and traditional farming," he told reporter David Hecht when they met in 1984 in the mud-brick structure he called his palace.
Oil Rich and Hungry: David Hecht speaks at Edinburgh University
Published October 1, 2009
Event date:
October 7, 2009 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
David Hecht is scheduled to speak at the University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science as part of their Center for African Studies seminar series:
Date and Time: 7th Oct 2009 16:00-18:00
Location: Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building
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Students at School Without Walls explore the tension between financial insecurity and nutritional needs.
A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is more dependent than ever on imported food.
