We must resist the notion that there is only one way to be a woman, one way to be African, and one way to be human. - Wangari Muta Maathai

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We must resist the notion that there is only one way to be a woman, one way to be African, and one way to be human.

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About Wangari Muta Maathai

Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and social activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 2004.

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Native Name: Wangari Maathai
Alternative Names: Wangari Maathaï Maathai WangariMaathai
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I kept stumbling and falling and stumbling and falling as I searched for the good. 'Why?' I asked myself. Now I believe that I was on the right path all along, particularly with the Green Belt Movement, but then others told me that I shouldn't have a career, that I shouldn't raise my voice, that women are supposed to have a master. That I needed to be someone else. Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong.

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