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Its a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forest

Its a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem. – Wangari Maathai

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African women in general need to know that its 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. – Wangari Maathai

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Fear
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Wangari Maathai
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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. – Wangari Maathai

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environmental
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Wangari Maathai
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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. – Wangari Maathai

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positive
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