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 "hardheaded hope" and "realistic options" for change and
improvement. With clarity of expression, Maathai analyzes the most
egregious "bottlenecks to development in Africa," occurring at the
international, national, and individual levels-cultural upheaval
and enduring poverty among them-and 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.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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