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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and

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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I dont really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me. – Wangari Maathai

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God
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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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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. – Wangari Maathai

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