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by Wangari Maathai (Author) (edit contributors)

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Hugely charismatic, humble, and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her extraordinary life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in... read more

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I was born the third of six children, and the first girl after two sons, on April 1, 1940, in the small village of Ihithe in the central highlands of what was then British Kenya.

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Acknowledgments

1. Beginnings
2. Cultivation
3. Education and the State of Emergency
4. American Dream
5. Independence--Kenya's and My Own
6. Foresters Without Diplomas
7. Difficult Years
8. Seeds of Change
9. Fighting for Freedom
10. Freedom Turns a Corner
11. "Aluta Continua": The Struggle Continues
12. Opening the Gates of Politics
13. Rise Up and Walk

Epilogue: Canopy of Hope

Appendix: Konyeki na ithe, or "Kenyeki and His Father"

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  1. Wangari Maathai (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0307263487
Page Count: 352

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