to realise that blue eyed guys like you and scandinavians all over the world are actually part of the african guysborough. die asper. that s power. he he was appointed head of kenya s national wildlife agency. has war against poaching symbolised by the public burning of tons of stolen ivory. richard leakey was born in nairobi, the son of two famous anthropologists. he suffered throughout his life from ill health, battling against cancer and needing a kidney transplant stopper he lost both his legs and a lane crash and he always suspected foul play, his fight against corruption creating many enemies. but those set acts never got on the way of his love of scientific discovery and his love of africa. he was described as a visionary whose great contributions to human origins and wildlife conservation will never be