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The Challenge for Africa
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ISBN-13:
9780307390288
Veröffentl:
2010
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.10.2010
Seiten:
336
Autor:
Wangari Maathai
Gewicht:
340 g
Format:
207x131x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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 40 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, a post she held until 2007, when she left the government. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 2004, Matthai has been honored around the world for her work, including an appointment to the Legion d’Honneur by France and the Order of the Rising Sun by Japan. She is the author of two previous books: The Green Belt Movement and Unbowed, a memoir, and she regularly speaks to organizations around the world. Maathai died in 2011.
Introduction: On the Wrong Bus One The Farmer of Yaoundé Two A Legacy of Woes Three Pillars of Good Governance: The Three-Legged StoolFour Aid and the Dependency Syndrome Five Deficits: Indebtedness and Unfair TradeSix Leadership Seven Moving the Social Machine Eight Culture: The Missing Link? Nine The Crisis of National Identity Ten Embracing the Micro-nations Eleven Land Ownership: Whose Land Is It, Anyway? Twelve Environment and Development Thirteen Saving the Congo Forests Fourteen The African FamilyAcknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index
In this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today. Too often these challenges are portrayed by the media in extreme terms connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation. Wangari Maathai, the author of Unbowed, sees things differently, and here she argues for a moral revolution among Africans themselves. Illuminating the complex and dynamic nature of the continent, Maathai offers "hardheaded hope" and "realistic options" for change and improvement. She deftly describes what Africans can and need to do for themselves, stressing all the while responsibility and accountability. Impassioned and empathetic, The Challenge for Africa is a book of immense importance.