Unbowed
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Unbowed

by Wangari Maathai

2006•Biography•336 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryhistoricalanimalsslowfresh & originalwholesomeheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growthsocial commentary

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About This Book

In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people's environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread across Africa.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryHistoricalAnimalsHuman spirit/resilience/survivalEmpowerment/personal growthSocial commentary

Subjects

Women politiciansNatureBiography & AutobiographyNonfictionWomen conservationistsBiographyTree plantingWomen, biography

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Author
Wangari Maathai
Published
2006
Pages
336
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