Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage)
by Wangari Maathai
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Author: Wangari MaathaiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-04
ISBN: 0307275205
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: READ... then plant a tree!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wangari Maathai is such an inspiration because she is identifiable to so many groups. She is empowering to women, to mothers, to advocates for education, for biology, for equality, and most importantly she is an inspiration to anyone who ever thought their one voice could change the planet. Maathai writes with a sincerity that can be identified in any language! Read this book, to learn about Africa, about plants, about women, about everything. Most importantly read this book to learn about a rather amazing woman who never backed down from a fight for what's right. Let the greenbelt movement, move you.
Summary of Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage)
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people?s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through run-ins with the Kenyan government and personal losses, and jailed and beaten on numerous occasions, Maathai continued to fight tirelessly to save Kenya?s forests and to restore democracy to her beloved country. Infused with her unique luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai?s remarkable story of courage, faith, and the power of persistence is destined to inspire generations to come.Ethnic & National Books
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