Wangari Maathai

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Beyond the culture of dependency in Africa

27 May 2009

The experience of poor farmers in Kenya is a lesson in the need for an ethical revolution against corruption, says the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace prize.




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Nobel Lecture: On those who do not win prizes

20 Dec 2007

Reading books used to be part of general education, says Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. Perhaps we need to learn that again -- from Africa.