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Rigoberta Menchú
K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist (born 1959)
"Menchu" redirects here. For other uses, see Menchu (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menchú and the second or maternal family name is Tum.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Spanish:[riɣoˈβeɾtamenˈtʃu]; born 9 January 1959)[1] is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist,[2] and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996), and to promoting Indigenous rights internationally.[3]
In 1992 she received the Nobel Peace Prize, became an UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. Menchú is also the subject of the testimonial biography I, Rigoberta Menchú (1983) author of the autobiographical work, Crossing Borders (1998), and is subject interest among other wo
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An insight into the life of a rebellious and courageous woman.
Before becoming a Nobel Peace laureate in November 1992, neither the Guatemalan Indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchú, nor her fight against the brutal Guatemalan civil war, were known on an international stage. Overnight, Menchú’s struggles for Indigenous rights in Guatemala were headlining newspapers worldwide. Today, her achievements and accounts are recognised as monumental contributions to the global human rights and social justice movements.
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Rigoberta Menchú, her Early Life
Rigoberta Menchú was born on January 9, 1959, in Chimel, a small by in the Guatemalan highlands. As one of six children in her family, she was raised in the Indigenous Quiche culture, which in pre-colonial times was a deeply rooted and powerful branch of the Maya culture. From an early age, she experienced the abuse and discrimination that came with the systemic exploitation of Indigenous peoples. Liv
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The Story of Rigoberta Menchu, the Rebel of Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchu Tum is a Guatemalan activist for native rights and winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize. She rose to fame in 1982 when she was the subject of a ghost-written autobiography, "I, Rigoberta Menchu." At the time, she was an activist living in France because Guatemala was very dangerous for outspoken critics of the government. The book propelled her to international fame in spite of later allegations that much of it was exaggerated, inaccurate or even fabricated. She has kept a high profile, continuing to work for native rights around the globe.
Early Life in Rural Guatemala
Menchu was born Jan. 9, 1959, in Chimel, a small town in the north-central Guatemalan province of Quiche. The region is home to the Quiche people, who have lived there since before the Spanish conquest and still maintain their culture and language. At the time, rural peasants like the Menchu family were at the mercy of ruthless lan