We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People - Couverture souple

Nenquimo, Nemonte; Anderson, Mitch

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1419763784 ISBN 13 : 9781419763786

Editeur : Abrams Press, 2026

Synopsis

A Reese's Book Club selection in hardcover, this critically acclaimed memoir from a fearless activist tells the story of her Indigenous childhood, a clash of cultures, and the fight to save the Amazon rainforest and protect her people

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest--one of the last to be contacted by missionaries in the 1950s--Nemonte Nenquimo had a singular upbringing. She was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. She played barefoot in the forest and didn't walk on pavement or see a car until she was a teenager and left to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. But after Nenquimo's ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture, she listened.

Nenquimo returned to the forest and traditional ways of life and became one of the most forceful voices in climate change activism. She spearheaded an 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.

We Will Not Be Saved is an astonishing memoir by an equally astonishing woman. Nenquimo digs into generations of oral history, uprooting centuries of conquest, and hacking away at racist notions of Indigenous peoples. Ultimately, she reveals a life story as rich, harsh, and vital as the Amazon rainforest herself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nemonte Nenquimo is a leader of the Waorani people, cofounder of the Ceibo Alliance, and an internationally acclaimed activist. Born in the Amazon region of Ecuador in 1985, she is a winner of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize and was named in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020 list (lauded by Leonardo DiCaprio). Mitch Anderson is the founder and executive director of Amazon Frontlines, which supports the struggles of Indigenous peoples to defend their rights to land, life, and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. A native of the Bay Area, he is Nenquimo's partner, and they have two young children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abrams Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1419763784
• ISBN 13: 9781419763786
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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