The AMISTAD Spirit: Wangari Maathai and the Nobel Peace Prize
The AMISTAD Spirit: Wangari Maathai and the Nobel Peace Prize Paper presented at the Symposium--"Wangari Maathai: Visionary, Environmental Leader, Political Activist and Educator" Brooklyn College, Student Center, Gold Room Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science Brooklyn College, CUNY March 28, 2012 In 1901, Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross and won the first Nobel Peace Prize. According to the organizers, "The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 92 times to 124 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2011– 99 times to individuals and 23 times to organizations." The names and the dates of the awards are found here: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/index.html Introduction When Wangari Maathai was honored with the Nobel Peace Award in 2004, for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy and peace, I was personally excited. But the award evoked many critical...