Davi Kopenawa Yanomami – Survival Worldwide


Davi Kopenawa Yanomami is a shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami folks. He led the long-running worldwide marketing campaign to safe Yanomami land rights, for which he gained recognition in Brazil and around the globe. He’s central to the continuing struggle of indigenous peoples throughout Brazil for his or her rights.

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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami © Pablo Levinas/Survival
Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman of the Yanomami tribe, Brazil. Davi can also be the President of Hutukara Yanomami Affiliation. © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi and Survival protesting in London within the 90’s. © Survival Worldwide
Yanomami girls and youngsters relaxation in a forest backyard, Brazil. The Yanomami develop round 60 crops in these gardens, which account for 80% of their meals provide. © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi Kopenawa surrounded by youngsters in Demini, Brazil © Fiona Watson/Survival
Yanomami lady, Brazil © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi Yanomami and Survival Worldwide’s former Director Stephen Corry in 1989, on Davi’s first journey outdoors Brazil: Survival gained the Proper Livelihood Award, and requested Davi to simply accept it on Survival’s behalf. © Survival
Yanomami boy, Brazil © © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi and Survival’s Fiona Watson at a public occasion throughout Davi’s first journey outdoors Brazil, in 1989. © Survival
Davi and Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry in Weimar, Germany, on the event of Davi collectively receiving the Goethe Medaille with photographer and campaigner Claudia Andujar, 2018. © Survival
Davi Yanomami and Survival Worldwide’s former Director Stephen Corry on the 1989 Proper Livelihood Award ceremony, Davi’s first journey outdoors Brazil. © Survival
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami and Survival’s Advocacy Director Fiona Watson in Italy for the launch of the Italian version of Davi’s e book The Falling Sky, 2018 © Survival
Davi on the Empire State Constructing in New York. Survival organized Davi’s first journey to the USA, when he met the UN Secretary Common and others to boost consciousness of his folks’s battle. 1991 © Survival
Survival Worldwide held an everyday vigil for a few years within the Nineties outdoors Brazilian Embassies in Europe, to protest the invasion and destruction of the Yanomami’s territory. © Survival
Davi and photographer Claudia Andujar in Weimar, Germany, 2018, with Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry and Advocacy Director Fiona Watson. Andujar and Davi had been among the many winners of that yr’s Goethe Medaille. © Survival
Davi outdoors the UK’s Home of Commons on his first journey outdoors Brazil, with Survival. 1989. © Survival

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