Very much like Professor Wole Soyinka, whom I love so much, to use the power of language in such metaphorical, lyrical and intimate manner to address global issues from the parable of Nature/tree's simplicity. Wangari Maathai Trees project has influenced a number of African literarists like Rebeka Njau, and featured prominently in my discussion of Nature in my PhD some years back.
As rightly presented by Soyinka, trees tell the history of human existence. They have lived before man and will continue to, despite man's effort not to acknowledge them as part of humanity. They symbolize us- humanity, history, and hemisphere. Thank you Wangari Maathai for your reforestation project and thank you Soyinka for weaving voice and language into the tree.
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