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- 2006044729 abstract "Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in 1940, she was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her become the first woman both in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD and to head a university department in Kenya. We witness her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government; the establishment, in 1977, of the Green Belt Movement, which spread from Kenya across Africa and which helps restore indigenous forests while assisting rural women by paying them to plant trees in their villages; and how her courage and determination helped transform Kenya's government into the democracy in which she now serves.--From publisher description.".
- 2006044729 contributor B10458684.
- 2006044729 created "2006.".
- 2006044729 date "2006".
- 2006044729 date "2006.".
- 2006044729 dateCopyrighted "2006.".
- 2006044729 description "Beginnings -- Cultivation -- Education and the state of emergency -- American dream -- Independence-Kenya's and my own -- Foresters without diplomas -- Difficult years -- Seeds of change -- Fighting for freedom -- Freedom for Freedom -- Freedom turns a corner -- Aluta continua: the struggle continues -- Opening the gates of politics -- Rise up and walk.".
- 2006044729 description "Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in 1940, she was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her become the first woman both in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD and to head a university department in Kenya. We witness her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government; the establishment, in 1977, of the Green Belt Movement, which spread from Kenya across Africa and which helps restore indigenous forests while assisting rural women by paying them to plant trees in their villages; and how her courage and determination helped transform Kenya's government into the democracy in which she now serves.--From publisher description.".
- 2006044729 extent "xvii, 314 p. :".
- 2006044729 identifier "0307263487".
- 2006044729 identifier "9780307263483".
- 2006044729 identifier 2006044729-s.html.
- 2006044729 identifier 2006044729-b.html.
- 2006044729 identifier 2006044729-d.html.
- 2006044729 identifier 2006044729.html.
- 2006044729 issued "2006".
- 2006044729 issued "2006.".
- 2006044729 language "eng".
- 2006044729 publisher "New York : Alfred A. Knopf,".
- 2006044729 spatial "Kenya".
- 2006044729 subject "333.72092 B 22".
- 2006044729 subject "Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)".
- 2006044729 subject "Maathai, Wangari.".
- 2006044729 subject "SB63.M22 A3 2006".
- 2006044729 subject "Tree planters (Persons) Kenya Biography.".
- 2006044729 subject "Women conservationists Kenya Biography.".
- 2006044729 subject "Women politicians Kenya Biography.".
- 2006044729 tableOfContents "Beginnings -- Cultivation -- Education and the state of emergency -- American dream -- Independence-Kenya's and my own -- Foresters without diplomas -- Difficult years -- Seeds of change -- Fighting for freedom -- Freedom for Freedom -- Freedom turns a corner -- Aluta continua: the struggle continues -- Opening the gates of politics -- Rise up and walk.".
- 2006044729 title "Unbowed : a memoir / Wangari Muta Maathai.".
- 2006044729 type "text".