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Professor Wangari Maathai on the radio
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Professor Wangari Maathai spoke on the Today Programme this morning on BBC Radio 4. She founded the Green Belt Movement and is the only African woman to have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai argues that good governance is absolutely essential for development: “I’ve come to the conviction, unless we fix governance, the rest will not be fixed.”
For this to happen, it needs African leaders to show commitment. She goes on to say that the African Union has an important role to play in all this. She specifically mentions President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, who is keen to make the African Union more democratic.
-Jessica Gomez-Duran
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30/05/2009 at 4:24 pm
Do the best, good luck.
31/05/2009 at 12:30 am
I love Wangari Maathai, really. She is the sort of soul I want to be when I grow up (being a youthful 30). On that comment that we have to sort governance first, we cant sort out the rest, I have to agree - with a proviso. The quest for sorting governance out is important, it does end up taking too much of our time as we debate the issues. Can we not sort out governance in a utiliterian way - by focusing on the issues such as food, environment etc?
31/05/2009 at 3:27 pm
AM AKENYAN LIVING IN HUNGARI. WANGARI MAATHAI IS CORRECT. GOVANANCE MUST BE FIXED IN AFRICA. LEADERS HAVE TO LEARN MORE THEN THINGS WILL BE FINE.
CONSOLATA SHIMOLI