Ng’ang’a Thiong’o is Legal Policy and Advocacy Officer for Porini Association, Chair of Kenya’s Release of Political Prisoners campaign and a member of Kenya’s High Court. As a former Legal Advisor to the Green Belt Movement (1992-2004), he worked alongside 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai. At the moment Thiong’o is working as a legal advisor to indigenous communities in central Kenya, helping to regain local control over their traditional lands, culture and ecological governance systems through the legal recognition of customary lore.
