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Author Muhonja, Besi Brillian, author.

Title Radical utu : critical ideas and ideals of Wangari Muta Maathai / Besi Brillian Muhonja
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 153 pages)
Series Ohio University Research in International Studies, Africa Series ; no. 95
Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 95.
Contents Birthing Radical Selves: The Making of a Scholar-Activist -- Replenishing the Earth: Maathai's Holistic Environmentalism -- Eco-agency and Unbowed Personhood: A Decolonial Imagining of Equity -- Theorizing and Activating Utu Citizenships -- Just Globalization: Utu and Development as Social Justice -- Scholar-Activist Legacy -- Appendix 1: Awards and Honors -- Appendix 2: Saving Karura
Summary "Wangari Muta Maathai was a scholar-activist known for founding the Green Belt Movement, an environmental campaign that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize. While many studies of Maathai highlight her activism, few examine Maathai as a scholar whose contributions to various disciplines and causes spanned more than three decades. In 'Radical Utu : Critical Ideas and Ideals of Wangari Muta Maathai', Besi Brillian Muhonja presents the words and works of Maathai as theoretical concepts attesting to her contributions to gender equality, democratic spaces, economic equity and global governance, and indigenous African languages and knowledges. Muhonja's well-rounded portrait of Maathai's ideas offers a corrective to the one-dimensional characterization of Maathai typical of other works."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed May 31, 2022)
Subject Maathai, Wangari
SUBJECT Maathai, Wangari
Maathai, Wangari fast
Subject Women intellectuals -- Kenya
Women conservationists -- Kenya
Women political activists -- Kenya
Decolonization -- Kenya
Philosophy, African.
PHILOSOPHY / Political
Decolonization
Intellectual life
Philosophy, African
Politics and government
Women conservationists
Women intellectuals
Women political activists
SUBJECT Kenya -- Intellectual life
Kenya -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072003
Subject Kenya
Genre/Form e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780896805071
0896805077