Nnimmo Bassey

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International Rights of Nature Tribunal

ENG:

Nimmo Bassey  (Nigeria) is director of the ecological think-tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and member steering committee of Oilwatch International. He was chair of Friends of the Earth International (2008-2012) and Executive Director of Nigeria’s Environmental Rights Action (1993-2013). He was a co-recipient of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.” In 2012 he received the Rafto Human Rights Award. Bassey has authored books on the environment, architecture and poetry. His books include We Thought it Was Oil, But It was Blood –Poetry (Kraft Books, 2002), I will Not Dance to Your Beat – Poetry (Kraft Books, 2011), To Cook a Continent – Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa (Pambazuka Press, 2012) and Oil Politics – Echoes of Ecological War (Daraja Press, 2016).

 

ESP:

Nimmo Bassey (Nigeria) es director del grupo de expertos ecológicos Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) y miembro del comité directivo de Oilwatch International. Fue presidente de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional (2008-2012) y Director Ejecutivo de la Acción por los Derechos Ambientales de Nigeria (1993-2013). Fue co-receptor del Premio Right Livelihood en el 2010, también conocido como el “Premio Nobel Alternativo”. En 2012 recibió el Premio Rafto de Derechos Humanos. Bassey es autor de varios libros sobre temas de medio ambiente, arquitectura y poesía. Sus libros incluyen We Thought it Was Oil, But It was Blood – Poetry (Kraft Books, 2002), I will not dance to your beat – Poetry (Kraft Books, 2011), To Cook a Continent – Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in África (Pambazuka Press, 2012) y Oil Politics – Echoes of Ecological War (Daraja Press, 2016).