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The Last Great Ape A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent

Biography / Memoir Out of Print
By: Ofir Drobi(Author), David McDannald(Author)
311 pages, 30 plates with colour photos
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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  • The Last Great Ape ISBN: 9781605984490 Paperback Jul 2013 Out of Print #202714
  • The Last Great Ape ISBN: 9781605983271 Hardback May 2012 Out of Print #202713
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The incredible and enchanting story behind The Last Great Ape Organization, from the Kenyan savannah to the urban chaos of Sierra Leone and Cameroon, and the future of these majestic creatures. An epic journey through Africa by a man who fell in love with a magical and disappearing world and then transformed himself into a warrior on the frontline to protect it. Staging heart-pounding, espionage-style raids, Ofir Drori and his organization, The Last Great Ape (LAGA), have put countless poachers and traffickers of endangered species behind bars, and they have fought back against a Kafkaesque culture of corruption. Before Ofir arrived in Cameroon, no one had ever even tried.

The Last Great Ape follows a young Ofir on fantastical adventures as he crosses remote African lands by camel, on a horse, and in dug-out canoes, while living with exotic tribes and struggling against nature at its rawest: charging elephants and hyenas, flash floods, and the need to eat river algae and snails to stay alive. The story moves from places of extreme beauty to those of the darkest horror: the war zones of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Ofir begins to work as a photojournalist in order to expose his shocking encounter with war victims and child soldiers. His experiences forge in him a resolution to become an activist and to fight for justice. The search for a cause eventually leads him to Cameroon. When Ofir discovers that no one is fighting to disprove Jane Goodall's dark prophesy that apes in the wild will be extinct in twenty years, he decides that he is the man to step in; because he knows he can make a difference, he sees it as his responsibility. And LAGA is born.

The Last Great Ape is a story of the fight against extinction and the tragedy of endangered worlds, not just of animals but of people struggling to hold onto their culture. The Last Great Ape reveals the intense beauty and strife that exist side by side in Africa, and Ofir makes the case that activism and dedication to a cause are still relevant in a cynical modern world. This dangerous and dramatic story is one of courage and hope and, most importantly, a search for meaning.

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Ofir Drori was born in Tel Aviv and was a journalist and photojournalist for National Geographic and various Israeli newspapers. Since his discharge from the Israeli Army, he has traveled to more than twenty-six countries in Africa. He founded LAGA in 2003.

Biography / Memoir Out of Print
By: Ofir Drobi(Author), David McDannald(Author)
311 pages, 30 plates with colour photos
Publisher: Pegasus Books
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"Ofir Drori is a man on a mission. LAGA has made a difference and shows no sign of stopping."
- BBC News

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