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March 17, 2026 · 5 min read

Why I Want to Bring Lions Back to My Village | Seif Hamisi | TED

Why I Want to Bring Lions Back to My Village | Seif Hamisi | TED
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  • 1Picture this: you are a 5- or 6-year-old getting ready to go to bed, and then suddenly, you hear lion roars echoing through the night.
  • 2Sadly, the nighttime roars and the many animals that once roamed our village are gone.
  • 3This is not just a sad statistic, but a crisis.
  • 4The truth is that conservation works only if it creates income for people living closest to nature.
  • 5This is beginning to happen across Africa, from the shrublands of Namaqualand in South Africa to the winding tributaries of Okavango River in Botsw...

Overview

Picture this: you are a 5- or 6-year-old getting ready to go to bed, and then suddenly, you hear lion roars echoing through the night. This was my reality in the early 1970s in my village in Taveta, Kenya, on the southeastern slope of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was scary then, as it might be now, but looking back, I see it as something powerful—a beautiful reminder of how close we lived with nature.

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