Francisca Ogechi Okwulehie on Earth Healing and African Women’s Environmental Wisdom


At Ecofem Tales, we believe in storytelling as resistance, restoration, and re-imagination.

On Tuesday, that vision came to life as our founder, Francisca Ogechi Okwulehie, presented her PhD research at the ETH4D Mentorship Practical Philosophy Internal Colloquium in Zurich.

Left to right: Claire, Fanny, Professor. Nadia Mazouz, Francisca Okwulehie,Dr. Tea Lobo and Daniel Lucas all from the Professorship of Practical Philosophy ETH Zurich

Her presentation, “Earth Healing in African Women’s Environmental Narratives: A Moral Pluralism Approach,” is a powerful contribution to African ecofeminist thought and climate justice. With philosophical clarity and deep cultural grounding, she centered the voices of Niger Delta women so often erased from environmental discourse as holders of ecological knowledge, spiritual resilience, and ethical insight.

Francisca O. Okwulehie, Founder Ecofem Tales, wins ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Program at ETH Zurich

Her work is a call to remember that environmental justice is not just about data or policy. It is personal, cultural, and ethical. It means listening to the land through the stories of those who live in relationship with it.

We are proud and inspired by her commitment to decolonizing academia, centering African women’s ecological narratives, and reminding us that Earth healing begins with healing our relationships with one another, and with nature.




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