Unbowed: A memoir

Abstract

Unbowed tells the story of how a girl from the Central Highlands of Kenya became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in East and Central Africa and head a university department in Kenya. We witness Professor Maathai’s numerous run-ins with the brutally repressive Kenyan government and how she came to see planting trees as a way to empower local communities and galvanise a people to determine their own future. Called “engrossing and eye-opening, a work of tremendous dignity and rigor” by Booklist and “essential reading” by the London Sunday Times, Unbowed “provides uplifting proof of the power of perseverance—and of the power of principled, passionate people to change their countries and inspire the world” (Washington Post)