Chief Kokoi, defender of the Rupununi, died on October 12th

Mongabay
Oct 16, 2025, 11:57 pm124 ptsTrending
He was born where the forest gives way to the savannah, in the South Rupununi of Guyana, among horses, rivers, and the songs of the Wapichan people. From that landscape, Tony Rodney James—known to many as Chief Kokoi—drew the convictions that would guide his life: that land is not a commodity, that language…

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