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The Challenge for Africa
Wangari Maathai
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Description for The Challenge for Africa
Paperback. Provides a fresh perspective on the fate of Africa. This work celebrates the enduring potential of the human spirit, and reminds us that change is always possible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 122 x 2. Weight in Grams: 348.
In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa. Informed by her three decades as an environmental activist and campaigner for democracy, The Challenge for Africa celebrates the enduring potential of the human spirit, and reminds us that change is always possible.
In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa. Informed by her three decades as an environmental activist and campaigner for democracy, The Challenge for Africa celebrates the enduring potential of the human spirit, and reminds us that change is always possible.
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099539032
SKU
V9780099539032
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About Wangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya, in 1940. She is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted over 30 million trees across Kenya since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's Parliament in the first free elections in a generation, and served as Deputy Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 in recognition of her campaigns for democracy and environmental reform during the dictatorship of Daniel arap Moi. She died in 2011.
Reviews for The Challenge for Africa
I hope the world will support her vision of hope
Nelson Mandela From one of Africa's most positive and far-sighted thinkers comes a wonderful book combining an elegant critique of Africa's troubled past with a rallying cry for how Africans can use culture, nature and self-belief to reverse their continent's decline. The Challenge for Africa is a milestone in African writing that both educates and inspires
Tim Butcher Penetrating. . . a 21st century manifesto for Africans, drawing on her own experience as a worldly Kenyan, street-fighting activists, member of parliament and, from 2003-2006, government minister. Her analysis is thorough. She reaches into African history, culture, psychology, contemporary politics and fragile ecosystems
Financial Times
Like a Nelson Mandela or a Mahatma Gandhi, Maathai stands way above most mortals
The Guardian
Wangari Maathai is a prophet for our time
Alexandra Fuller As one of the women leaders that are changing Africa she is an inspiration to us all
Gordon Brown Wangari Maathai has been a champion of the environment, of women, of Africa, and of anyone concerned about our future security
Kofi Annan
Nelson Mandela From one of Africa's most positive and far-sighted thinkers comes a wonderful book combining an elegant critique of Africa's troubled past with a rallying cry for how Africans can use culture, nature and self-belief to reverse their continent's decline. The Challenge for Africa is a milestone in African writing that both educates and inspires
Tim Butcher Penetrating. . . a 21st century manifesto for Africans, drawing on her own experience as a worldly Kenyan, street-fighting activists, member of parliament and, from 2003-2006, government minister. Her analysis is thorough. She reaches into African history, culture, psychology, contemporary politics and fragile ecosystems
Financial Times
Like a Nelson Mandela or a Mahatma Gandhi, Maathai stands way above most mortals
The Guardian
Wangari Maathai is a prophet for our time
Alexandra Fuller As one of the women leaders that are changing Africa she is an inspiration to us all
Gordon Brown Wangari Maathai has been a champion of the environment, of women, of Africa, and of anyone concerned about our future security
Kofi Annan