Author, activist, Nobel Prize laureate and Brighter Green colleague Wangari Maathai’s new book has just been published by Pantheon. In it, Maathai offers a compelling look at the problems facing Africa today, their history and the promises of the future. She stresses the need for Africans to become self-sufficient, rather than relying on foreign benefactors, and to pursue an identity rooted in their own ideals and solutions. Read more here.