Francis Annagu is an environmental activist and journalist from Nigeria. He has received grants from the Pulitzer Center, Africa-China Reporting Project, Tiger Eye Foundation, and Rainforest Journalism Fund. He is a former fellow of the Code for Africa Fellowship, funded by Global Forest Watch with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Defending Ancestral Forests from Corporate Plunder: Boki Women Lead the Way
As Boki’s forests disappear in plain sight, the deeper crisis is not deforestation alone – it is neglect. The world watches, largely indifferent, while the Banyinyi women’s struggle keeps echoing a painful truth: we do not lack solutions, we lack the courage to abandon the myths of progress that blind us to them.
June 9, 2025