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Just hours after officially receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai will sit down in an exclusive hour-long interview with Jonathan Mann on CNN's annual PRIZE FOR PEACE program from Oslo's Town Hall.
Every year, on the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel, CNN focuses on peace and those who strive to achieve it through its coverage of the Nobel Peace Prize. CNN's experienced journalist and anchor of the daily current affairs program INSIGHT, Jonathan Mann, will host the award interview live in front of a public audience.
Wangari Maathai is the first woman from Africa to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt Movement where, for nearly thirty years, she has mobilized poor women to plant 30 million trees.
Other countries have also adopted Maathai's methods and through education, family planning, nutrition and the fight against corruption, the Green Belt Movement has paved the way for development at grass-roots level.
Jonathan Mann reflects on his role in conducting this annual interview and says, "The world is full of heroes and heroines, who all too often go unrecognized, unrewarded, unprotected. The Nobel Peace Prize is the best way the world has to acknowledge them, thank them and help their efforts along. The annual opportunity I get, to study their lives, report on their achievements, and simply get to know them, is the highlight of my year."
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