The Challenge for Africa

Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan environmental and political activist and one of the few African women in the forefront of the development movement.  She founded the Green Belt Movement, an NGO focusing on environmental conservation through planting trees and on civic education through women’s groups. In 2004 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to democracy and peace.

Stefan and I, as you might imagine, often wonder about the state of people, politics and culture we have found here, and in our search for explanations we found Wangari Maathai’s book The Challenge for Africa. Through the next blogs I want to share with you some highlights…

Wangari Maathai