“The Value of Fragments: Making a Hotspot in Mount Nimba, Liberia”

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Les Grands Rochers, with Mount Signal Sempéré in the distance, Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea. © Gregg Mitman. CC BY 4.0.

Roth, Emmanuelle, and Gregg Mitman. “The Value of Fragments: Making a Hotspot in Mount Nimba, Liberia.” Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, no. 5 (June 2024).

Faint high-pitched sounds echo up from the cavernous pit into which we peer. At twilight’s edge, the dry season’s intense midday sun has mellowed into a cool orange glow as bats take flight. Moses, a middle-aged Liberian park ranger with a solid frame and a taste for good stories, shows his anxiousness when we lean just a bit further over the concrete-lined chasm obstructed with twisted steel. One man died here already, salvaging scrap metal from the abandoned conveyor shaft. Moses holds in his hands our protection, and that of the bats who reside in these fragments of a once-prosperous iron-ore mine. (From the article)

This article was originally published in Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review. Springs is an online publication featuring peer-reviewed articles, creative nonfiction, and artistic contributions that showcase the work of the Rachel Carson Center and its community across the world.

2024 Emmanuelle Roth and Gregg Mitman

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