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Brixton House and Round Table Books proudly present an evening with climate change activist Nemonte Nenquimo.
Nemonte Nenquimo, of the Waorani tribe in the Amazon rainforest, is one of the most forceful voices in climate-change activism. She spearheaded the alliance of indigenous nations across the Upper Amazon and led her people to a landmark victory against Big Oil, protecting over a half million acres of primary rainforest. She won the Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America, was named one of the BBC 100 Women, TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World and the top Defender in TIME 100 Climate list.
We Will Not Be Saved is the first memoir of its kind. In this astonishing book, Nemonte partners with her husband Mitch Anderson, co-founder of Amazon Frontlines, digging into generations of oral history, uprooting centuries of conquest, hacking away at racist notions of Indigenous peoples, and ultimately revealing a life story as rich, harsh and vital as the Amazon rainforest herself.
Mitch Anderson will be in conversation with Nemonte and she will have the support of a Spanish interpreter for the event.
