Nnimmo Bassey
Nnimmo Bassey is and activist and poet, the executive director of Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Nigeria and elected chair of Friends of the Earth International. He is one of Time magazine’s Heroes of the Environment 2009 and co-winner of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award (the Alternative Nobel Prize). His books include Oilwatching in South America and Genetically Modified Organisms: the African Challenge.
Books by Nnimmo Bassey
To Cook a Continent
Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa
Nnimmo Bassey
People in Africa argue that natural resources are a blessing; it is the way these are plundered and used that can turn them into a curse. The continent has plenty of experience of such plunder. Rich in resources, Africa is a net supplier of energy and raw materials to the North. The climate crisis confronting the world today is rooted mainly in the wealthy economies’ abuse of fossil fuels, indigenous forests and global commercial agriculture. But, without agreement about how to tackle this… (more information)