Unbowed: A Memoir

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Unbowed: A Memoir
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Author Wangari Maathai
LanguageEnglish
Subject Autobiography
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date
October 3, 2006
Pages352
ISBN 978-0-307-26348-3
OCLC 65341312
333.72092 B 22
LC Class SB63.M22 A3 2006

Unbowed: A Memoir is a 2006 autobiography written by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. [1] The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group.

Summary

Maathai talks about her life from childhood until she was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She discusses her childhood, education in the United States, and returning to Kenya and then her life as an environmentalist and political activist, culminating with the victory of the opposition in the 2002 elections. At the time the KANU party was in power. Maathai was elected to parliament and shortly after that was awarded the Nobel Prize. In the book she stresses a connection between environmental conservation and good governance.

References

  1. Ramanathan, Shalini (31 October 2006). "A review of Wangari Maathai's autobiography Unbowed". Grist.