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Wangari Maathai (1940–2011)

Autor de Unbowed: A Memoir

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Wangari Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which has planted over forty-five million trees across Kenya since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's Parliament, and in 2003, she was appointed deputy minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, posts she held until 2007. mostrar más Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. In 2009, she was appointed a United Nations Messenger of Peace by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. mostrar menos

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Incredibly inspiring story written in an accessible and heartfelt style.
 
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mmcrawford | 9 reseñas más. | Dec 5, 2023 |
Highly recommended for anyone who has an inkling of concern for our planet. It was wonderful hearing Wangarai Waathai speak at St. John's the Divine, her answering my question about who her role models/heroes are and then chatting with her briefly as she signed my copy!
 
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AAPremlall | Jul 23, 2023 |
Fascinating memoir. It's amazing how threatening tree planting is deemed by the powerful.
 
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bangerlm | 9 reseñas más. | Jan 18, 2023 |
A book outlining the difficulties facing the people and countries of Africa, and what can be done to overcome them.

The book's chapters cover topics such as foreign aid and debt, leadership and corruption, loss of traditional cultures, the tension between ethnicity and nationality, and environmental issues. Given the large breadth of topics covered, much of the content consists of broad generalizations, while the solutions offered often seem overly abstract and non-specific. For example: leaders should serve the people rather than seeking to stay in power, citizens need to hold their governments accountable, poor people must take initiative and not wait for foreign aid to save them, and so on. The parts of the book I found most interesting were when the author described specific issues in Kenya and her own work with the Green Belt Movement, rather than speaking in generalities.

Ultimately, I think this book is hampered by its overly-broad scope and lack of focus. While it does provide a rough outline of many of the issues facing Africa in the modern day, it doesn't offer much beyond that.
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gcthomas | 3 reseñas más. | Sep 5, 2021 |

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