Weaverville A trek for peace
By Matt Tate Oprah Winfrey has legions of
fans and admirers thanks to her enormously popular entertain- ment empire and gracious phi- lanthropy. None may be more passionate
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and dedicated than Eric Beba. The Savannah, Ga., resident
is en route to Chicago in hopes of meeting the inf luential Win- frey and asking for her sup- port to bring peace and reform throughout his native Africa. If that was not enough, Beba
added a novel wrinkle to his re- quest. He is making his voyage on foot. Beba passed through Weav-
erville on Monday (June 28), stopping by the Weaverville Li- brary to edify several patrons on his mission. The jaunt began June 7 in Sa-
vannah with hopes of reaching Harpo Studios by the end of the summer. Beba said he decided last year to commit himself to the grueling journey because of the number of political, racial and social problems throughout
his native continent. “In this world, you can’t do
anything halfway,” Beba said of his decision to make the 952- mile trek on foot. “The loser is the one who is talking all the time without doing anything.” He hopes his effort will re-
sult in recognition and a fi- nancial commitment to reform from Winfrey, who invested an estimated $40 million into the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls that opened in South Africa in 2007. Beba believes peace and re-
form in a country starts from a dedicated and driven movement from the population. “I have to bring my contribu-
tion and encourage everyone else to contribute because that is how you build a country,” he said. Hoping to walk between 15-
35 miles a day, Beba admitted he did little physical prepara- tion, rather deciding to focus on the mental aspect of the trip. Now in his third week, he said the people he is meeting along the way and their support has been pushing him along.
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