155 quotes by kenyan authors for you to enjoy

We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed. Richard Leakey

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Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task. Richard Leakey

Work Science Bone Life-Long Discovery Task Ends Original

One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult. Richard Leakey

Single Few Difficult Tooth Sliver Small Categorizing Pieces Period Items Very Surviving Forget Often Just Should Skull Bones

I can't think of any other region in the world which is such a vast source of fossils. Richard Leakey

World Think Other Vast Source Any Which Region Fossils

That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame. Wangari Maathai

Beautiful Celebrate Plant Flame Flower Tree Way Indigenous Red Like Always Got Want Things Flowers

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

Life Death Problem Matter Country Life And Death Facing Forests Man-Made Extinction

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. Wangari Maathai

Education Knowledge You Technology Blame People Wealth Our Resources Adequately Our People Able Give Fact Invested Mismanagement Economy Africa Order Cannot Gain Skills Use Need

When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with. Wangari Maathai

I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame. Wangechi Mutu

Art Flame Believe Like Passing Connection

We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all these amazing things in terms of our knowledge base and technology, and now we're flying around and using the Internet. But we're still very animalistic. Wangechi Mutu

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