http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3729248.stm
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Mrs Maathai "stood up courageously against former President Daniel arap Moi's administration in her quest to save the country's forests from the grabbing mania", the paper says.
The Kenya Times which is owned by the former ruling Kanu party with which Mrs Maathai was often at odds, is also full of praise, stating that the award is "simultaneously a dizzying and humbling development".
A commentary by Mumbi Ngugi in The Standard and entitled 'Hail woman of Africa, you have done us all proud' notes that "Kenyan, and African women in general, can walk proud, secure in the knowledge that it is one of their own who has won the coveted prize."
The award is a "recognition of the role of women in Kenya, long downtrodden and relegated to the bottom" of society, she says.
Aids remarks
The Standard reports that, after receiving news of her award, Mrs Maathai "courted controversy on the issue of HIV/Aids and human rights".
''Although I am a biologist, I have not done any research. I may not be able to say who developed the (HIV) virus but it was meant to wipe out the black race," the report quotes her as saying.
The paper notes that this is not the first time that Mrs Maathai has made similar remarks.
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i bolded that part, because it's the part that weirds me out.
how could a
nobel peace prize winner actually think black people are a different race, let alone imply that aids was created to destroy it?
am i misreading or misunderstanding her, perhaps?
2004-10-09, 02:48 PM
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