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How the bulldozer is no match for little hummingbird

Prof. Wangari Maathai assisted by good samaritans after severe beatings by police during protests at Uhuru Park, Nairobi in March 1992 [Courtesy]

One of the world’s greatest military strategists, Napoleon Bonaparte, declared that the word impossible exists only in the dictionary of fools.

Though a scientist and human rights activist, Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai strongly ascribed to this school of thought.

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