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Category Archive: Kenyan

Wangari Maathai Quote: “And so I’m saying that, yes…”

And so I’m saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.

September 17, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “But when you have bad governance…”

But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.

August 12, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “We are very fond of blaming…”

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

July 8, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “African women in general need to…”

African women in general need to know that it’s OK for them to be the way they are – to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

May 29, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “In Kenya women are the first…”

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

May 19, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “All of us have a God…”

All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.

March 22, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “Some say that AIDS came from…”

Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.

February 23, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “You cannot blame the mismanagement of…”

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.

February 15, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “When resources are degraded, we start…”

When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.

January 11, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai Quote: “There’s a general culture in this…”

There’s a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.

January 11, 2021 1940, April 1, Kenyan, Quotes by Activists, Wangari Maathai

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