Nnimmo Bassey (Benin City, Nigeria), has championed human rights and environmental justice for over 30 years. His leadership roles include:
- Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an ecological think-tank.
- Member of the steering committee of Oilwatch International.
- Former Chair of Friends of the Earth International (2008-2012).
- Former Executive Director of Nigeria’s Environmental Rights Action (ERA) (1993-2013).
Awards
- Co-recipient of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award (also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”).
- Recipient of the 2012 Rafto Human Rights Award.
Writing
Bassey is also a published author with a focus on environmental issues, architecture, and poetry. Some of his works include:
- Poetry collections
- We Thought it Was Oil, But It was Blood (Kraft Books 2002)
- I Will Not Dance to Your Beat (Kraft Books 2011)
- Books
- To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa (Pambazuka Press 2012)
- Oil Politics: Echoes of Ecological War (Daraja Press 2016)