Nnimmo Bassey
Nnimmo Bassey (born June 11, 1958 ) is a Nigerian poet and environmentalist. From 1993 to 2013 he was director of Environmental Rights Action and from 2008 to 2012 chairman of Friends of the Earth . The Time magazine chose him in 2009 as one of the Heroes of the Environment ( "Heroes of the Environment").
Life
Bassey is an architect who worked in the Nigerian public sector for ten years. In the 1980s he became a board member of a Nigerian civil rights organization. In 1993 he co-founded the Environmental Rights Action , a Nigerian NGO that primarily criticizes the environmental damage caused by oil production in Nigeria. In 2008 he was elected chairman of the international organization Friends of the Earth . In 2009, although he was accredited for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen , he was denied entry there. In 2010 Bassey received the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) because he tried in his works to determine and demonstrate the follow-up costs of oil production for mankind. In 2012 he was honored with the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for his commitment .
Publications
- To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa Publisher: Fahamu (Jul 1 2010) ISBN 1-906387-53-2 ISBN 978-1-906387-53-2
- Trade and human rights in the Niger Delta
- SHELL'S FPSO poses serious dangers
Web links
- Portrait at rightlivelihoodaward.org (English)
- Article from Democracy Now
- Interview in Global Greegrants Fund
- Video of Nnimmo Bassey during the COP15 by The UpTake (Naomi Klein)
- Video: Nigerian Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey on Bolivia Climate Conference
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- ↑ eraction.org ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Right Livelihood 2010 ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924153_1924211,00.html The Time - Heroes of the Environment 2009
- ↑ http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/17/a_naked_form_of_blackmail_naomi
- ↑ Right Livelihood 2010 ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassey, Nnimmo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian poet and environmentalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1958 |