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Wangari Maathai

Born

in Tetu division, Nyeri District, Kenya, Kenya

April 01, 1940

Died

September 25, 2011

Genre

Nonfiction, Politics, Women & Gender Studies

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Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 1984, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, and in 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” Maathai was an elected member of Parliament and served as Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwa ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 10,030 ratings · 1,257 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unbowed 4.07 avg rating — 7,151 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Challenge for Africa 4.05 avg rating — 985 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World We Once Lived In 3.89 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Replenishing the Earth: Spiritual Values for Healing Ourselves and the World 4.11 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience by Wangari Maathai, Jason Bock 3.85 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celle Qui Plante Les Arbres 4.45 avg rating — 60 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wangari Maathai: Plantar árboles, sembrar ideas by Wangari Maathai, Laia de Ahumada (Editor), Vanina Starkoff (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 54 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afrika, mein Leben: Erinnerungen einer Unbeugsamen by Wangari Maathai, Ursula Wulfekamp (Translator) 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indomável, Uma Luta pela Liberdade 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La religione della terra. Amare la natura per salvare noi stessi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Wangari Maathai (?)

“Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.”
― Wangari Maathai

tags: humanism, inspirational

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“Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own - indeed to embrace the whole of creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. Recognizing that sustainable development, democracy and peace are indivisible is an idea whose time has come”
― Wangari Maathai

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“The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.”
― Wangari Maathai

tags: ecological, environmental, environmentalism, generational, selfishness

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Which book would you like to read in July/Aug 2018 for Eastern Africa?
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A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

8 votes, 18.2%

Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai

6 votes, 13.6%

Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

5 votes, 11.4%

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

4 votes, 9.1%

Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto

3 votes, 6.8%

Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ

3 votes, 6.8%

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

3 votes, 6.8%

Children of the Revolution by Dinaw Mengestu

2 votes, 4.5%

From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah

2 votes, 4.5%

Mine to Win by Hiwot Teffera

2 votes, 4.5%

City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence

2 votes, 4.5%

Green City in the Sun by Barbara Wood

2 votes, 4.5%

Yohannes Ishi by Nabse Bamato

1 vote, 2.3%

Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World by Patricia Crisafulli

1 vote, 2.3%

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