A Letter to John Mbaria and Mordecai Ogada: Some Musings on Chapter One of “The Big Conservation Lie”

Reflecting on the book The Big Conservation Lie, conservation as an enterprise is not only critiqued but understood beyond its institutional basis, in its epistemic and psychological impacts. In a letter to the authors, James Mulei uses Franz Fanon and Gayatri Spivak to expand and challenge our understanding of conservation practices and those considered authorities.