"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."

Strength, Women, Fear, African

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"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."

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"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."

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"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."

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"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."

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"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."

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"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."

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