A girl named Wangari works the fields with her mother on the slopes of Mount Kenya and longs to go to school. This picture book tells young readers the story of Wangari Maathai, who grew up to start the Green Belt Movement and became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read it in Hausa on Storybooks Nigeria.
Written by Nicola Rijsdijk; illustrated by Maya Marshak; translated into Hausa by Rabi’u Aminu Lawan and Taiye Fatoki. Originally published by the African Storybook.