Nemonte Nenquimo (centre) alongside other members of the Indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance
Jerónimo Zúñiga/Amazon Frontlines
We Will Not Be Saved
Nemonte Nenquimo with Mitch Anderson
Wildfire (UK, on sale) Abrams Books (US, 17 September, as We Will Be Jaguars)
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES rarely appear in New Scientist‘s culture pages. This one, however, isn’t just unusual, it is ground-breaking: the first book of its kind to be written by a member of the Waorani people, an Indigenous Amazonian group. Humans have been recording their life stories for over four millennia, so it is about time we heard from people like Nemonte Nenquimo. What she has experienced, while still only…
Nemonte Nenquimo (centre) alongside other members of the Indigenous-led Ceibo Alliance
Jerónimo Zúñiga/Amazon Frontlines
We Will Not Be Saved
Nemonte Nenquimo with Mitch Anderson
Wildfire (UK, on sale) Abrams Books (US, 17 September, as We Will Be Jaguars)
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES rarely appear in New Scientist‘s culture pages. This one, however, isn’t just unusual, it is ground-breaking: the first book of its kind to be written by a member of the Waorani people, an Indigenous Amazonian group. Humans have been recording their life stories for over four millennia, so it is about time we heard from people like Nemonte Nenquimo. What she has experienced, while still only…