Informationen zum Autor Wangari Maathai Klappentext A penetrating and ultimately optimistic manifesto for Africa in the 21st century, by this Nobel laureate. 'Her analysis is thorough. She reaches into African history, culture, psychology, contemporary politics and fragile ecosystems' "Financial Times" Zusammenfassung In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa.

Vorwort
Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathai offers a manifesto for C21st Africa.

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

A penetrating and ultimately optimistic manifesto for Africa in the 21st century, by this Nobel laureate. 'Her analysis is thorough. She reaches into African history, culture, psychology, contemporary politics and fragile ecosystems' "Financial Times"

Zusammenfassung
In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa.