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"Wangari Muta Maathai is one of Africa's most celebrated female activists. Originally trained as a scientist abroad, Professor Maathai returned to her home country of Kenya with a renewed political consciousness. There, she began her long career as an activist, campaigning for environmenta...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kanogo, Tabitha M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020.
Series:Ohio short histories of Africa
Subjects:
Maathai, Wangari.
Maathai, Wangari
Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
Women conservationists > Kenya > Biography.
Women politicians > Kenya > Biography.
Nobel Prize winners > Kenya > Biography.
Femmes écologistes (Défenseuses de l'environnement) > Kenya > Biographies.
Femmes politiques > Kenya > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
Nobel Prize winners
Women conservationists
Women politicians
Kenya
e-books.
Biographies
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Wangari Maathai, the global icon
  • Childhood and education, 1940-71
  • Marriage, employment, and public service, 1967-87
  • Green belt movement : environmental conservation, 1977-2005
  • Urban warrior : Karura Forest, Uhuru Park, and mothers of political prisoners, 1989-2002
  • Maathai the Politician, 1982-2005
  • Conclusion.

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