Unbowed

6th February 2007

On Monday, I went to see Professor Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

She talked about her work in Kenya and how her Peace Prize was the Nobel committee’s way of signalling the interdependence of peace, security and natural resources. She also talked about her new autobiography- Unbowed.

She has done some incredible things, including leading an organisation that has planted 30 million trees in Kenya. She was robustly critical of the current aid infrastructure in Africa.

This was part of a new RSA speaker programme. It’s an interesting series of events with a wide range of speakers. They’re also hosting an audio file of the event here.