Unbowed : a memoir

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Title:

Unbowed : a memoir

Author:

Maathai, Wangari.

ISBN:

9780307275202

Personal Author:

Maathai, Wangari.

Edition:

1st Anchor books ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Anchor Books, 2007.

Physical Description:

xvii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

Includes index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- 1: Beginnings -- 2: Cultivation -- 3: Education and the state of emergency -- 4: American dream -- 5: Independence-Kenya's and my own -- 6: Foresters without diplomas -- 7: Difficult years -- 8: Seeds of change -- 9: Fighting for freedom -- 10: Freedom turns a corner -- 11: Aluta continua: the struggle continues -- 12: Opening the gates of politics -- 13: Rise up and walk -- Epilogue: Canopy of hope -- Afterword to the anchor books editions -- Appendix: Konyeki na ithe, or "Konyeki and his father" -- Index.

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.

Abstract:

From the Publisher: 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.

Personal Subject:

Maathai, Wangari.

Corporate Subject:

Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)

Subject Term:

Tree planters (Persons) -- Kenya -- Biography.

Women conservationists -- Kenya -- Biography.

Women politicians -- Kenya -- Biography.

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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER * A remarkable memoir of courage, faith, and the power of persistence about one woman's extraodinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage.

"[Maathai's] story provides uplifting proof of the power of perseverance--and of the power of principled, passionate people to change their countries and inspire the world." -- The Washington Post

In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary life. 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 .