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Pantheon
April 2009
On Sale: April 7, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 0307377407
EAN: 9780307377401
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Non-Fiction Political
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds. The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging. Yet what we see of them in the media, more often than not, are tableaux vivantes connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation. Wangari Maathai presents a different vision, informed by her three decades as an environmental activist and campaigner for democracy. She illuminates the complex and dynamic nature of the continent, and offers βhardheaded hopeβ and βrealistic optionsβ for change and improvement. With clarity of expression, Maathai analyzes the most egregious βbottlenecks to development in Africa,β occurring at the international, national, and individual levelsβ cultural upheaval and enduring poverty among themβand 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.
 Media BuzzTalk of the Nation - April 23, 2009
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