{"product_id":"wangari-maathai-tabitha-kanogo-9780821424179","title":"Wangari Maathai","description":"\u003cp\u003eWangari Muta Maathai is one of Africa's most celebrated female activists. Originally trained as a scientist in Kenya and abroad, Professor Maathai returned to her home country of Kenya with a renewed political consciousness. There, she began her long career as an activist, campaigning for environmental and social justice while speaking out against government corruption. In 2004, Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership of the Green Belt Movement, a conservation effort that resulted in the restoration of African forests decimated during the colonial era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this biography, Tabitha Kanogo follows Wangari Maathai from her modest, rural Kenyan upbringing to her rise as a national figure campaigning for environmental and ecological conservation, sustainable development, democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the eradication of poverty until her death in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tabitha Kanogo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821424173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821424179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.40d","brand":"Tabitha Kanogo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048641720575,"sku":"9780821424179","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c69cd19-fcbe-4a9f-92aa-1839eba89db1.jpg?v=1684996961","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wangari-maathai-tabitha-kanogo-9780821424179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}