Nemonte Nenquimo (centre) alongside different members of the Indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance
Jerónimo Zúñiga/Amazon Frontlines
We Will Not Be Saved
Nemonte Nenquimo with Mitch Anderson
Wildfire (UK, on sale) Abrams Books (US, 17 September, as We Will Be Jaguars)
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES hardly ever seem in New Scientist‘s culture pages. This one, however, isn’t simply uncommon, it’s ground-breaking: the primary ebook of its form to be written by a member of the Waorani individuals, an Indigenous Amazonian group. People have been recording their life tales for over 4 millennia, so it’s about time we heard from individuals like Nemonte Nenquimo. What she has skilled, whereas nonetheless solely…
