Unbowed One Woman's Story Author:Wangari Maathai Born in a Kenyan village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was determined to get an education even though most African girls then were uneducated. This autobiography tells her story, spanning different worlds and changing times, and describing what the courage, determination, tenacity and humour of one good woman can achieve. — Wangari Maathai was th... more »e first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.« less