A video of a lion eating a masai cow with tourists in a van with a african guides taking photos is one of the best illustrations of this situation.The masai runs from very far to save his cow and chase away the lion and the white tourist calls him crazy.The masai is ANGRY and frustrated.So much to take from that video.
Some of those questions! How did Mordecai keep kind? Goodness! I guess the mark of a caring teacher/scholar. But goodness, some of those questions show how deep the problem runs. But thank you for the wisdom, thank you for affirming African agency . So many scales falling out of my eyes. Hope other Africans and persons of African origin all over the world can listen to this and think about biological and natural heritage and their roles as custodians of these.
Everyone interested in conservation should spend 1.5 hrs listening to this. It's long, but really blows the lid of the myths, and lies, peddled by the conservation industry. Very important to hear the questions and responses at the end too. Time for things to change!
09:18 Conservation is on the left when you're in the West, but is on the right when you're in Africa. 11:15 Vetpaw vetpaw.org/ www.trueactivist.com/people-hunt-endangered-animals-so-this-woman-hunts-poachers www.idealistrevolution.org/poachers-hunt-endangered-african-animals-this-woman-hunts-poachers/ www.trueactivist.com/people-hunt-endangered-animals-so-this-woman-hunts-poachers/ In 2015 I blogged: "Ok, so looking at the VETPAW website, they are talking about the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. The highly fertile land in the Ngorogoro crater used to belong to the Masai, however, they were thrown out because the British thought that it was better for wildlife - people were shunted onto the low rainfall areas where most countries would have their game reserves or wilderness areas." 12:20 Fencing off as a solution. 15:20 Racism and the conservation crowd. They are always humanizing the wildlife (even giving them African names) and pretending the people are animals. 18:05 Population, birth control and eugenics as part of 'Conservation'. The history of eugenics in Kenya. Even Elspeth Grant (Flame Trees of Thika) ended up marrying a relative of the Huxleys, who were big into eugenics. Her mother was the secretary of the local Kenyan eugenics society/movemenent. www.swans.com/library/art18/barker101.html "Imperial Eugenics In Kenya Part I of II by Michael Barker (Swans - March 12, 2012) In recent decades there have been a plethora of studies that have demonstrated the global application of eugenic ideas, (1) but close investigations of imperial eugenic movements have tended to be left by the wayside. Chloe Campbell's book Race and Empire: Eugenics in Colonial Kenya (Manchester University Press, 2007) helps fill this lacuna, providing a concrete example of how "eugenics served as a scientific bulwark that fortified the ideology of imperialism." Formed in July 1933, the Kenya Society for the Study of Race Improvement (KSSRI) was the centerpiece of the colonial eugenic movement. Far from being a marginal affair," the majority" of the society's members "worked in colonial administration or were professionals based in Nairobi, or were the wives of men employed in these areas." Dreams of applying eugenic solutions to the political problems facing colonialism were not, however, limited to the "most vociferously racially hostile members of Kenyan settler society"; and in fact, such policies were "supported by individuals who were considered progressive, and by some officials who were viewed as suspiciously 'pro-native' by local settlers." Support for eugenics by such progressives owed much to the "ultimately disingenuous" idea that the science of eugenics could "take the poison out of the debate on race"; (2) i.e., provide the means by which white "progressive" imperialists could promote "native development" and dominate Kenya without a reliance upon increasingly delegitimized racial ideological frameworks. "Two significant individuals who worked together to promote the cause of eugenics in Kenya and whose research carried much weight in Africa were Dr. Henry Laing Gordon and Dr. F. W. Vint. Gordon was an ardent propagandist for the immediate implementation of eugenically-based program of "scientific colonization." Vint, on the other hand, tended to be "more reticent about making social and political extrapolations, maintaining a position of scientific detachment." (3) Despite his outspoken approach to eugenics, Gordon was very much an accepted member of the colonial ruling class. To illustrate this point, in 1931, shortly after Gordon published an article in which "he argued that there was a high level of inherited, innate mental deficiency, or amentia, in Kenya, which caused inferior intelligence in the 'East African native'" he became president of the Kenyan branch of the British Medical Association. (4) Yet despite the high esteem his work received in colonial circles, the depression meant that substantial funding for his eugenic studies was not available in Kenya, thus: "More... 26:30 Racism and George Adamson 'Born Free'. 31:00 Jane Goodall 32:56 Diane Fossey, Daphne Sheldrick, Iain Douglas-Hamilton 35:00 Chapter 5, Debunking the myths and Bryan Christy 41:07 John Boyes, ivory hunter, vs Richard Leakey 46:20 Cecil The Lion
I am so glad that I found this before I began to support a conservatory group. Very sad that these truths do not surprise me. People need to become aware of this. I will be sharing this.
The "big lie" is a must read and Mordecai Ogada makes some very interesting and useful points, I don't agree with all his sensibilities, but align myself with the overarching message.
Thanks Daktari,nice presentation.I watched it for 1 hr 30 mins
A video of a lion eating a masai cow with tourists in a van with a african guides taking photos is one of the best illustrations of this situation.The masai runs from very far to save his cow and chase away the lion and the white tourist calls him crazy.The masai is ANGRY and frustrated.So much to take from that video.
Some of those questions! How did Mordecai keep kind? Goodness! I guess the mark of a caring teacher/scholar. But goodness, some of those questions show how deep the problem runs. But thank you for the wisdom, thank you for affirming African agency . So many scales falling out of my eyes. Hope other Africans and persons of African origin all over the world can listen to this and think about biological and natural heritage and their roles as custodians of these.
Everyone interested in conservation should spend 1.5 hrs listening to this. It's long, but really blows the lid of the myths, and lies, peddled by the conservation industry. Very important to hear the questions and responses at the end too. Time for things to change!
Its so unfortunate we Africans do not realise how we are being manipulated through conservatism but its time we do
I always felt some way watching Animal planet where the indegenous people are never visible and others seem so in charge.......I hope things change.
We shall make them change💪🏿
09:18 Conservation is on the left when you're in the West, but is on the right when you're in Africa.
11:15 Vetpaw
vetpaw.org/
www.trueactivist.com/people-hunt-endangered-animals-so-this-woman-hunts-poachers
www.idealistrevolution.org/poachers-hunt-endangered-african-animals-this-woman-hunts-poachers/
www.trueactivist.com/people-hunt-endangered-animals-so-this-woman-hunts-poachers/
In 2015 I blogged: "Ok, so looking at the VETPAW website, they are talking about the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania.
The highly fertile land in the Ngorogoro crater used to belong to the Masai, however, they were thrown out because the British thought that it was better for wildlife - people were shunted onto the low rainfall areas where most countries would have their game reserves or wilderness areas."
12:20 Fencing off as a solution.
15:20 Racism and the conservation crowd.
They are always humanizing the wildlife (even giving them African names) and pretending the people are animals.
18:05 Population, birth control and eugenics as part of 'Conservation'.
The history of eugenics in Kenya. Even Elspeth Grant (Flame Trees of Thika) ended up marrying a relative of the Huxleys, who were big into eugenics. Her mother was the secretary of the local Kenyan eugenics society/movemenent.
www.swans.com/library/art18/barker101.html
"Imperial Eugenics In Kenya
Part I of II
by Michael Barker
(Swans - March 12, 2012) In recent decades there have been a plethora of studies that have demonstrated the global application of eugenic ideas, (1) but close investigations of imperial eugenic movements have tended to be left by the wayside. Chloe Campbell's book Race and Empire: Eugenics in Colonial Kenya (Manchester University Press, 2007) helps fill this lacuna, providing a concrete example of how "eugenics served as a scientific bulwark that fortified the ideology of imperialism." Formed in July 1933, the Kenya Society for the Study of Race Improvement (KSSRI) was the centerpiece of the colonial eugenic movement. Far from being a marginal affair," the majority" of the society's members "worked in colonial administration or were professionals based in Nairobi, or were the wives of men employed in these areas." Dreams of applying eugenic solutions to the political problems facing colonialism were not, however, limited to the "most vociferously racially hostile members of Kenyan settler society"; and in fact, such policies were "supported by individuals who were considered progressive, and by some officials who were viewed as suspiciously 'pro-native' by local settlers." Support for eugenics by such progressives owed much to the "ultimately disingenuous" idea that the science of eugenics could "take the poison out of the debate on race"; (2) i.e., provide the means by which white "progressive" imperialists could promote "native development" and dominate Kenya without a reliance upon increasingly delegitimized racial ideological frameworks.
"Two significant individuals who worked together to promote the cause of eugenics in Kenya and whose research carried much weight in Africa were Dr. Henry Laing Gordon and Dr. F. W. Vint. Gordon was an ardent propagandist for the immediate implementation of eugenically-based program of "scientific colonization." Vint, on the other hand, tended to be "more reticent about making social and political extrapolations, maintaining a position of scientific detachment." (3) Despite his outspoken approach to eugenics, Gordon was very much an accepted member of the colonial ruling class. To illustrate this point, in 1931, shortly after Gordon published an article in which "he argued that there was a high level of inherited, innate mental deficiency, or amentia, in Kenya, which caused inferior intelligence in the 'East African native'" he became president of the Kenyan branch of the British Medical Association. (4) Yet despite the high esteem his work received in colonial circles, the depression meant that substantial funding for his eugenic studies was not available in Kenya, thus:
"More...
26:30 Racism and George Adamson
'Born Free'.
31:00 Jane Goodall
32:56 Diane Fossey, Daphne Sheldrick, Iain Douglas-Hamilton
35:00 Chapter 5, Debunking the myths and Bryan Christy
41:07 John Boyes, ivory hunter, vs Richard Leakey
46:20 Cecil The Lion
I am so glad that I found this before I began to support a conservatory group. Very sad that these truths do not surprise me. People need to become aware of this. I will be sharing this.
this is so powerful such an essential listen thank you for uploading this
It is every where in Africa and other parts of the world.....
Mordecai... A prophet of our time
Thought provoking. Thank you
Every African in the conservation industry must read this book
Fantastic. Every conservationist should watch this!
It's painful to watch this. It's there no end to how far the repercussions of colonialism go?
The "big lie" is a must read and Mordecai Ogada makes some very interesting and useful points, I don't agree with all his sensibilities, but align myself with the overarching message.
Amazing! I would love to have this video with Portuguese subtitle to pass in classroom
Awesome read
Very interesting subject , knowledgeable individual!
36:10 - 36:30 TRUTH!!!
Haile selasie had lions in his palace
Same like religions all over the continent....
reminds me of the movie angry inuk 2016 documentary, well intended funders money going to a horrible act