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2012
Prize category:

The Nobel Peace Prize 2004

Wangari Maathai

Interview

Interview, April 2009

Interview with the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai, 2 April 2009. The interviewer is Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist.

Wangari Maathai discusses the value of recognition as a part of the peace 'puzzle', the real effects of climate change in Africa (7:55), the importance of recapturing her childhood memories (12:56), the evolution of Green Belt from a pilot project to a movement (18:03), the custodial role of governments (20:54), and her new book, The Challenge for Africa (27:50).

See a Video of the Interview
36 min.



Interview, October 2004

Telephone interview with Professor Wangari Maathai, by freelance journalist Marika Griehsel, after the announcement of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, 8 October 2004.

Listen to the Interview
14 min.

Read the Interview
The interview in text format

TO CITE THIS PAGE:
MLA style: "Wangari Maathai - Interview". Nobelprize.org. 18 May 2013 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-interview.html