Wangari Maathai Quote

My time in America as a student was incredibly liberating. It was also troubling. It made me think about what the nuns in Kenya had told us. My previous education had been Victorian. I had been practically living the life of a nun, even though I hadn't taken holy orders.


The Observer Magazine (8 June 2008)


My time in America as a student was incredibly liberating. It was also troubling. It made me think about what the nuns in Kenya had told us. My...

My time in America as a student was incredibly liberating. It was also troubling. It made me think about what the nuns in Kenya had told us. My...

My time in America as a student was incredibly liberating. It was also troubling. It made me think about what the nuns in Kenya had told us. My...

My time in America as a student was incredibly liberating. It was also troubling. It made me think about what the nuns in Kenya had told us. My...