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The Last Great Ape: A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent
The Last Great Ape A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent Author:Ofir Drori, David McDannald An epic journey through Africa by a man who fell in love with a magical and disappearing world and made it his life?s work to protect it. Winner of the Condé Nast Environmental AwardStaging heart-pounding, espionage-style raids, Ofir Drori and his organization, The Last Great Ape (LAGA), have put countless poachers and traffickers of endangered... more » species behind bars, and they have fought back against a Kafkaesque culture of corruption. Before Ofir arrived in Cameroon, no one had ever even tried.The book reveals the intense beauty and strife that exist side by side in Africa, and Ofir makes the case that activism and dedication to a cause are still relevant in a cynical modern world. This dramatic story is one of courage and hope and, most importantly, a search for meaning. 64 color photographs« less