Some thoughts about the village

The way it's set up, with all the houses (48 of 52 have been built with bricks made onsite), the paths around, the community center, it all reminded me of Seaside in Florida. The new urbanism didn't come from modern day architects but from ancient African villages. They've learned that for the grandparents to be willing to leave their villages and come live there, no matter how destitute they are, they have to be able to go back and visit, they have to have a shamba (their own garden), their goats, and they have to promise them that when they die they will be buried in their home village. Because everywhere in the world there is no place like home.