Unbowed: A Memoir

Unbowed: A MemoirIn Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people's environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through run ins with the Kenyan government and personal losses, and jailed and beaten on numerous occasions, Maathai continued

In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people's environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa. Persevering through run-ins with the Kenyan government and personal losses, and jailed and beaten on numerous occasions, Maathai continued to fight tirelessly to save Kenya's forests and to restore democracy to her beloved country. Infused with her unique luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai's remarkable story of courage, faith, and the power of persistence is destined to inspire generations to come.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/04/2007
ISBN: 9780307275202
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.20w x 0.83d

Review Citations: Essence 04/01/2009 pg. 60