Justin Wren returns to the mixed martial arts ring this weekend after a five-year hiatus during which he lived as one with the Pygmy people in Africa, whom he helped ;secure their own land ;and launch sustainable farming initiatives. He wrote this essay on his time in Africa and his reasons for getting back in ;the ring. “Can you help give us a voice? We have none.” The Pygmy chief looked up at me, trying to hide the urgency in his eyes. Only two days earlier, I’d held the lifeless body of a Pygmy baby who ;had ;succumbed to water-borne disease and malnutrition. His name was Andibo. He’d been the last living relative…
Justin Wren returns to the mixed martial arts ring this weekend after a five-year hiatus during which he lived as one with the Pygmy people in Africa, whom he helped ;secure their own land ;and launch sustainable farming initiatives. He wrote this essay on his time in Africa and his reasons for getting back in ;the ring.
“Can you help give us a voice? We have none.”
The Pygmy chief looked up at me, trying to hide the urgency in his eyes.
Only two days earlier, I’d held the lifeless body of a Pygmy baby who ;had ;succumbed to water-borne disease and malnutrition. His name was Andibo. He’d been the last living relative in his family besides his mother.
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MMA Fighter To Return To Ring After Helping Pygmy People In Africa
