ABSTRACT Wangari Maathai’s environmental activism aims at the restoration of ecosystems to guarantee ecological sustainability. It is a mission premised on the need to place measures such as the planting of trees to remedy environmental wounds. To stress both the gravity of loss and the possibilities of arresting it, the metaphor of healing the earth underlines her vision that speaks to concerns of Afrofuturism. However, scholarly attention to ways activism finds expression in Afrofuturistic discourses needs to increase. Therefore, this study zooms in on and analyzes notions of remediation in Wanuri Kahiu’s short film Pumzi (2009). The discussion of the film teases out and aims to mobilize the content of Wangari Maathai’s Nobel Lecture of 2004. The film blends traits of science fiction with aspects of Gĩkũyũ orature to position Pumzi as nurturing Afrofuturist environmental imaginary that builds on Wangari Maathai’s call to heal the earth.

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Wangari Maathai 在 Wanuri Kahiu 的 Pumzi 中的环境非洲未来主义想象*

摘要 Wangari Maathai 的环保活动旨在恢复生态系统以保证生态的可持续性。这项使命的前提是需要采取植树等措施来弥补环境创伤。为了强调损失的严重性和阻止它的可能性，治愈地球的隐喻强调了她对非洲未来主义关注的愿景。然而，学术界对激进主义在非洲未来主义话语中的表达方式的关注需要增加。因此，本研究聚焦并分析了 Wanuri Kahiu 的短片 Pumzi (2009) 中的补救概念。对影片的讨论梳理并旨在调动旺加里·马塔伊 2004 年诺贝尔演讲的内容。