Nemonte Nenquimo and Nonhle Mbuthuma

Nenquimo, co-founder of Amazon Frontlines and the Ceibo Alliance, is a Waorani leader who has won the Goldman Environmental Prize. Mbuthuma is a leader of the amaMpondo people in South Africa and spokesperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, a collective that defends her community’s rights to steward their ancestral land.

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These Indigenous Women Are Fighting Big Oil—And Winning

To beat Big Oil, we must listen to and learn from Indigenous communities, write activists Nemonte Nenquimo and Nonhle Mbuthuma.

By Nemonte Nenquimo and Nonhle Mbuthuma
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