Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but it’s … - Vanessa Nakate

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Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but it’s not on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. Every activist who speaks out is telling a story about themselves and their community, but if they are ignored, the world will not know what’s really happening, what solutions are working. The erasure of our voices is literally the erasure of our histories and what people hold dear to their lives.

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Vanessa Nakate (born 15 November 1996) is a Ugandan climate justice activist.

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