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Akabuto gato: Inkuru ya Wangari Maathai
Patrick Munyurangabo
Maya Marshak
Kinyarwanda
Wangari yari umukobwa wakundaga gukorana na nyina mu mirima. Bari batuye ku musozi uhanamye mu gihugu cya Kenya.
Wangari ntiyakundaga kuba mu rugo. Mu karima k'igikoni k'iwabo, yakoreshaga umuhoro agacukura ubutaka. Muri ubwo butaka yateragamo utubuto duto.
Iyo izuba ryarengaga byaramunezezaga. Iyo yabonaga bwije atakibona ibimera, Wangari yamenyaga ko igihe cyo gutaha kigeze. Yacaga inzira zifunganye mu mirima akambukiranya imigezi agataha.
Wangari yari umwana w'umuhanga. Yari afite amashyushyu yo gutangira ishuri. Se na nyina bo bashakaga ko aguma mu rugo ngo abafashe imirimo. Akigira imyaka irindwi, musaza we yumvishije ababyeyi ko bamureka akajya ku ishuri.
Yakundaga kwiga! Wangari yamenye byinshi abikuye mu bitabo yasomaga. Yakoze neza ku ishuri ku buryo yatsindiye kwiga muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Wangari yarabyishimiye cyane! Yashakaga kumenya byinshi ku isi.
Wangari yize ibintu bishya byinshi muri kaminuza yo muri Amerika. Yize ibimera n'uko bikura. Byamwibukije uko yakuze akina na basaza be mu biti byo mu dushyamba twiza two muri Kenya.
Uko yamenyaga byinshi, ni na ko yarushagaho kumenya uko akunda abaturage ba Kenya. Yashakaga ko bishima bakanigenga. Uko yamenyaga byinshi ni na ko yibukaga igihugu ke cyo muri Afurika.
Ubwo yarangizaga amasomo ye, yagarutse muri Kenya. Akihagera yasanze igihugu ke cyarahindutse. Ubutaka bunini bwari bwarahinzwe. Abagore baburaga inkwi zo gutekesha. Abantu bari abakene, n'abana barishwe n'inzara.
Wangari yari azi icyo gukora. Yigishije abagore uko batera imbuto zivamo ibiti. Barabigurishaga amafaranga avuyemo agakoreshwa mu kwita ku miryango yabo. Byarabashimishije cyane. Wangari yari yabafashije kwiyumvamo imbaraga no gukomera.
Uko iminsi yashiraga, ibiti bishya byavagamo amashyamba, maze n'imigezi yongera gutemba. Ubutumwa bwa Wangari bwakwiriye muri Afurika yose. Muri iki gihe hari ibiti ibihumbi n'ibihumbi bikomoka ku mbuto Wangari yateye.
Wangari yari yarakoze cyane. Ku isi hose byaramenyekanye arabihemberwa. Yahawe Igihembo cy'Amahoro Kitiriwe Nobeli. Ni na we mugore wa mbere wari ucyakiriye muri Afurika.
Wangari yapfuye mu mwaka wa 2011. Ariko dushobora kumwibuka igihe cyose tubonye igiti kiza.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Akabuto gato: Inkuru ya Wangari Maathai
Author - Nicola Rijsdijk
Translation - Patrick Munyurangabo
Illustration - Maya Marshak
Language - Kinyarwanda
Level - First paragraphs
© Nicola Rijsdijk, Maya Marshak, Tarryn-Anne Anderson, Bookdash.org and African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • 'n Klein Saadjie: Die Verhaal Van Wangari Maathai
      Afrikaans (Translation)
    • البذرة الصغيرة – حكاية ونقاري ماتهاي
      Arabic (Translation)
    • Abasem a ɛfa Wangari Maathai
      Asante Twi (Translation)
    • Njere yaing'ono: Nkhani ya Wangari Maathai
      ChiChewa (Translation)
    • Kambewu: Nkhani ya Wangari Maathai
      CiNyanja (Translation)
    • A tiny seed: The story of Wangari Maathai
      English (Original)
    • Making new forests
      English (Adaptation)
    • A tiny seed (Colour-in)
      English (Adaptation)
    • Une Petite Graine: L'Histoire De Wangari Maathai
      French (Adaptation)
    • Une Petite Graine: L’Histoire De Wangari Maathai
      French (Translation)
    • Awdi Cewndi: Geccawol Wanderimam Danasabe
      Fulfulde (Translation)
    • Awre peetel: Taaria Wangari Maathai
      Fulfulde Adamawa (Translation)
    • Mitsitsin Iri: Labarin Wangari Maathai
      Hausa (Nigeria) (Translation)
    • Yayyan Biciyoyi: Labaru Wanderimam Danasabe
      Hausa (Nigeria) (Translation)
    • Ulubuto Lunoono: Inshimi ya kwa Wangari Maathai
      IciBemba (Translation)
    • Ukhozo lwembewu oluncinane
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • Imbewu encane
      isiZulu (Translation)
    • Nɨng py∂nɨng a Nyang-Sh∂ng:
      Jenjo (Translation)
    • Wangari Maathai
      Kiswahili (Adaptation)
    • Wangari Maathai
      Kiswahili (Adaptation)
    • Hadithi kumhusu Wangari Maathai
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Sin titinyang: Chisung na Wanderimam Danasabe
      Kuteb (Translation)
    • Shiŋgoòy: Kimfèr Ke Wangari Mathay
      Lámnsoʼ (Translation)
    • Mukasigo akato: Olugero lwa Wangari Maathai
      Luganda (Translation)
    • Ensigo Entono
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • Gel Tuh Teri: Mul Wanderimam Danasabe
      Mambilla (Nigeria) (Translation)
    • Nderhere Nsungunu
      Mashi (Translation)
    • Jĩng Vu seseere: Ruu ka yuu Waawi Maading
      Mumuye (Translation)
    • Aŋerio ôllô odiha ꞌtô: Wangari Maathai
      Otuho (Translation)
    • Uma sementinha: A História de Wangari Maathai
      Portugues (Translation)
    • Peu ye nnyanennyane
      Sepedi (Translation)
    • Peo e nyane
      Sesotho (South Africa) (Translation)
    • Embicha Tsubuh: Esuh Wangari Maathai
      Tigun (Translation)
    • Ishange Kon I Kiriki
      Tiv (Translation)
    • Èso Kékeré Kan: Ìtàn Tí Wangari Maathai
      Yoruba (Adaptation)
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