Unbowed
A Memoir
Published on 4. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-307-27520-2 (ISBN)
Description
From the first African woman--and the first environmentalist--to win the Noble Peace Prize comes her powerfully inspiring memoir. Founder of the Green Belt Movement Maathai recounts the obstacles and motivations that have guided her to lead a singularly uncommon life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
16 PP. B&W
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
379 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-307-27520-2 (9780307275202)
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Person
WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI was born in Nyeri, Kenya, in 1940. She is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted over 30 million trees across Kenya since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya's Parliament in the first free elections in a generation, and in 2003, she was appointed Deputy Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 2004, she has three grown children and lives and works in Nairobi.