2024-09-23
39 分钟Nemonte Nenquimo’s passion for her rainforest home, and her love for an unlikely man, propelled her to achieve an historic victory for indigenous people in Ecuador. She took the national government to court to protect 500,000 acres of rainforest from destruction by the oil industry. Nemonte and her husband Mitch Anderson have written a book together called We Will Not Be Saved: A Memoir of Hope and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: May Cameron Voiceover: Cecilia Cruz Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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Monka was my favorite monkey.
I love Monka because this monkey was nocturnal.
So during the day he slept on my head.
He was very beautiful and he knew how to move his tail to indicate when he wanted to pee.
So he would come down from my head to pee and then go back up again.
Nemonte, Nenquemo's very well trained pet monkey, was always at her side as a young girl growing up in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Apart from her younger brother, Amonka was her favorite companion.
A wide eyed monkey that liked to curl up on her head.
But what happened to Amonka encapsulates a lot of what Namonte's childhood in the rainforest involved.
The love of her indigenous culture and its violation through industry and religion.
I'm Mubin Azhar and you're listening to Lives Less Ordinary, bringing you unique stories of extraordinary individuals living in all corners of our planet.
This is a story about Nemonte's own ability to adapt to and change the world around her and take on battles that on paper, she just can't win.
Namonte Nenquemo is an indigenous Waorani woman from the Ecuadorian Amazon.