Earth Jurisprudence in the African Context, with Ng'anga Thiong'o

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Ng’ang’a Thiong’o is Legal Policy and Advocacy Officer for Porini Association Kenya, Chair of Kenya’s Release of Political Prisoners campaign and a member of Kenya’s High Court. As a former Legal Advisor to the Green Belt Movement, he worked alongside 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai. Thiong'o explains how Earth Jurisprudence is expressed within African customary law. He also talks about the practical work Porini is doing to implement it.

Interview at Gaia House, Hampstead, London, Monday 24th September 2007.

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