Wangari Maathai

At the risk of overloading Jeff's site with a furious assault of Ten Fingers, 6 Strings traffic, please click over to his recent piece on 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai. Prior to reading Jeff's post, I had little insight into this courageous woman, who is struggling through a grassroots effort, to empower Kenyan's against their latest Kleptocrat, Daniel Arap Moi. In a world, and especially a continent, where few people are able to influence and combat ruthless men through the strength of their character, she is a cold cup of water to a weary traveler in a desolate dessert.

I'm not much for posts with links only, but in this case, go over to Jeff's site and read the whole thing.