This report was contributed by African Executive Board member Moronfolu Adeniyi

Leaders of pro-liberty student organizations gathered at the Bamboo Park of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential library resort on Saturday 9 August

. The event was organized by the African Liberty Students’ Organization of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in Nigeria. The hangout was aimed at the exchange of ideas and strategies on how to best grow the movement in Nigeria and throughout the continent.

The gathering was geared towards equipping students and Alumni with the needed skills and attitude in promoting the ideas of liberty. Moronfolu Adeniyi, a Board Member of African Students for Liberty, introduced participants to the ideas of liberty and a short history of the liberty movement in Africa.

Participants shared their views on the challenges faced in student activism. This therefore brought to the fore, issues to be looked into and addressed, which includes the dearth of libertarian speakers, problems with school authorities and societal misconception of capitalism.
Odunonla Oladejo, another member of the African Executive Board also spoke on the theory of social change and how important it is for the leaders to be advocates of individual liberty and entrepreneurship in words and in deed.