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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: 4.06 · 4,891 ratings · 693 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unbowed: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 3,541 ratings — published 2006 — 24 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 Challenge for Africa really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2009 — 15 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 3.79 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Celle Qui Plante Les Arbres 4.37 avg rating — 19 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
	Indomável, Uma Luta pela Liberdade 4.58 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
	The Other Side of Prison: The Role of the Women Left Behind. by Wangari Maathai (Foreword), Wanjiku Matenjwa (Editor) , George Morara (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The Canopy Of Hope: My Life Campaigning For Africa, Women, And The Environment 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Afrika, mein Leben: Erinnerungen einer Unbeugsamen by Wangari Maathai, Ursula Wulfekamp (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Mottainai = Mottainai it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	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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“I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.”
― Wangari Maathai, The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience

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What should be our September Non-Fiction Group Read? (Feminism/Gender Studies)

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

20 votes 25.3%

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

13 votes 16.5%

The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work by Germaine Greer

10 votes 12.7%

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees

10 votes 12.7%

Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

7 votes 8.9%

The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction by Emily Martin

6 votes 7.6%

Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks

5 votes 6.3%

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

4 votes 5.1%

The Female Experience: An American Documentary by Gerda Lerner

4 votes 5.1%

79 total votes

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