Our Wild World

From Ferre Libanda we hear the voice of Namibia, one that resonates across all boundaries- the lack of elected leaders accountability and unwillingness to address the needs of diverse communities and resources in favor of the politics of the stomach, turning the progress of the past into a failure for the future through corruption, cronyism, elitism and selling out to the highest bidder, and the gap between rich and poor grows wider and deeper than ever before. From politics to conservation, young Namibians are caught in a tug-o-war between foreign puppet masters and the highest bidder. Generations of indigenous traditions, knowledge and education that favored empowerment and pride of self and benefits from their environment and wildlife is being torn asunder, falling by the wayside as Namibia crumbles under the force of market-place economics in a whole new version of a Viet-Nam war- as Asian and the West battle for Namibian resources