Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Sarawak's last nomad: indigenous leader and activist, Along Sega, dies

Along Sega in 1986 with a "seperut" stick which is used by the Penan as both an ornament and talisman. 
Photo courtesy of the Bruno Manser Fonds.

Before Greenpeace there was Along Sega. A treehugger who wasn't a hippie, but a native Penan from Borneo. RIP


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