“Most Kenyans today exclusively associate wildlife conservation care, compassion and even ownership with white people. At a time when Africa has more cell phones than Europe, this same old narrative has weathered the storms of modernity. Africans of European descent have continued to advance the same narrative more than 100 years since Africa’s colonialist – [read more...]
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The Big Conservation Lie – Conversation at the Storymoja Festival

“Most Kenyans today exclusively associate wildlife conservation care, compassion and even ownership with white people. At a time when Africa has more cell phones than Europe, this same old narrative has weathered the storms of modernity. Africans of European descent have continued to advance the same narrative more than 100 years since Africa’s colonialist – driven modernization began. This has more to do with control than anything else.” – Excerpt from The Big Conservation Lie Co-Authored by Mordecai Ogada and John Gitau Mbaria

The Big Conservation Lie: Join this long overdue conversation about Africa’s Resources and the Science & Politics of Conservation featuring Mordecai Ogada and Gitau Mbaria. Moderated by: Chuma Nwokolo (Nigeria)

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