Aby L. Sène

is a public scholar writing on biodiversity conservation issues in Africa. Sène is also a faculty at Clemson University, with research interest in conservation and Black cultural landscapes in Africa and the US.

Aby L. Sène

Conservation in Africa

Against Wildlife Republics Conservation and Imperialist Expansion in Africa

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In 1972, pan-Africanist and Marxist thinker from Guyana, Walter Rodney, warned of ‘Wildlife Republics’, calling attention to wildlife conservation in Africa as a new form of imperialist and capitalist exploitation. Today, conservation is still a pretext to dispossess local communities for imperialist expansion and capitalist development. Read More...
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