Anna tries to do justice to the incredible Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari started a movement to plant trees in her home country of Kenya, empowering women and staring down the government in the process. Julia tells us about the mysterious woman found wandering the streets of Bristol in the 1800s, speaking an unknown language and wearing strange clothing. Her name was later discovered to be Princess Caraboo...
Wangari Maathai Sources:
Documentary: Wangari Muta Maathai (1940 - 2011) (The one Anna mentions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW5qdeNKfs0&t=776s
Faces of Africa - Wangari Maathai: The Eco-warrior with a smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK1I8tIAqo
Film Clip from 'Taking Root: The vision of Wangari Maathai':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzikL5MJWCg
Remembering Wangari Maathai, First African Woman to Win Nobel Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjFslPNeLU