Wade Davis (anthropologist) Quote

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks.


The wayfinders: why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world (ed. House of Anansi Pr, 2009) - ISBN: 9780887848421


What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the...

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the...

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the...

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the...