Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes
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Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202626 min

Features writer Elle Hunt and indigenous activist María José Andrade Cerda on the growing phenomenon of influencers around the world trying to reach uncontacted tribes. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is The Guardian. Today, the influencers contacting the world's most isolated tribes. Hi, I'm Madeline, host of The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast, and it's one of our favourite times of the year,

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What you're seeing right there is North Sentinel Island. So this is the northeast corner. After hours of motoring across the Bay of Bengal, he finally caught a glimpse of his destination.

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