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Apr 27, 2025 Rae added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2025, bio-memoir

Trees. Kenya. Green Belt movement. Optimism. Inspiring.

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Mar 07, 2022 Joanna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, passport, biography-memoir, nonfiction, 2022-read, rws-2022-spring

An autobiography of an important and courageous woman, written in a straightforward but not especially artful manner, and ably narrated for the audiobook version. Recommended for the story it's telling about community activism and standing up for justice in the face of danger and bad government.

I first knew about Wangari Maathai from a children's picture book, Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa, which somehow found it's way into my house and was frequently read with my children. ...more

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Mar 14, 2008 Anastasia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: womens-issues, sustainableliving, 2008, non-fiction, memoirbio, book-club, racial-ethnic-experiences, 2012

Dr. Wangari Maathai is such an inspiration. Her story is interesting, extremely well-written and intelligent. I loved the way she covered Kenya's history, the changes in the environment, social customs, etc., as she told her own story. Her life's work is so important and is really what all of us, if we had the courage, should be doing.

First read: 4/4/2008 ...more

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