Wangari Maathai

Broschiertes Buch

The Challenge for Africa

Beschreibung

In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa.

Autor

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 served as Deputy Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 in recognition of her campaigns for democracy and environmental reform during the dictatorship of Daniel arap Moi. She died in 2011.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arrow Books / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 627402
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 130mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780099539032
• ISBN-10: 0099539039
• Artikelnr.: 26125224

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