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invited by Ilinca Cantacuzino Wangari Muta Maathai 1940-2011, Kenyan environmental and political activist, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, a non-governmental organisation focused on the planting of trees by women to improve quality of life and limit environmental degradation. First African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She initiated The Billion Tree Campaign in 2006 and she encouraged even greater vision and now the target of 12 billion trees has been surpassed. My dinner place for her is in response to her call for all of us to work together for peace. South London Women Artists I’m Inside, Ring The Bell 51