Dec 11, 2023 1 Min Read
Ruth Nyambura is a Kenyan feminist and organizer whose research focuses on Africa's agrarian political economy and ecology, as well as other parts of the Global South. She is also a comedian and organizer.
Nyambura has written extensively on various aspects of Africa's current agrarian transformations, with her overall work focusing on the ideological underpinnings of the 'New Green Revolution in Africa' and its connections to philanthro-capitalist organizations like the Gates Foundation and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Ruth's research also examines the continent's rapidly changing policy and legislative frameworks related to biosafety and the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) regime, which are not only criminalizing small-holder/-peasant farmers' rights to use traditional/indigenous seeds, but are also opening up space on the continent for foreign agri-business companies at the expense of food sovereignty and climate justice.
Nyambura founded and co-convenes the African Ecofeminist Collective, an autonomous anti-capitalist organization founded in 2013 by African feminist organizers, academics, researchers, and grassroots activists working on the intersections of gender, economy, and ecological justice on the African continent. Ruth has an LL.M. in Comparative Law, Economics, and Finance from the University of Turin (UNITO), Italy, and she has served as a judge on the International Tribunal on the Rights of Nature.
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