The Nobel Prize winner on her work in conservation and human rights.
Professor Wangari Maathai was born and raised in the highlands of Kenya. From there she won a scholarship to America and gained a degree before returning to academic life in her homeland. In the mid-seventies, she founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental and human rights campaigning group whose main focus has been helping womenβs groups plant trees to conserve the environment and improve their quality of life. Millions of trees have since been planted, not only in Kenya, but across Africa and, in 2004, in recognition of her work, she became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She talks to Jenni about her tree planting campaign and her fight for human rights.
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai is published by Arrow Books ISBN 978-0-09-949309-9
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