African Mavericks: Wangari Maathai and Njoya Ibrahim

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Episode 17: African Mavericks: Wangari Maathai and Njoya Ibrahim

Every generation throws up a maverick - and Africa has had many! Laila introduces Cai to Wangari Maathai, who rewrote the rules for environmentalism in east Africa, and faced down stiff resistance in the process. Cai looks back to Cameroon's colonial era leader Njoya Ibrahim, a man of many talents who could have been anything - but, above all, achieved the status of an African hero.

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Chapters:

01:05 - Wangari Maathai – one of Kenya’s first environmentalists
04:34 - How did Maathai create an environmental movement?
06:66 - Why was Maathai targeted by the Kenyan government?
09:15 - Wangari becomes Kenya’s first Nobel Prize winner
10:35 - Break
11:15 - Who was Njoya Ibrahim – the leader who did not oppose German colonialists (at first)?
14:55 - The maverick and polymath
18:52 - How did Njoya Ibrahim lose influence?

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