Wangari Maathai
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Wangari Maathai 🇰🇪

Wangari Muta Maathai (Known as "Professor & Parliamentarian")
Professor & Parliamentarian, Statesman, Political Leader, Historical Figure
Born 1940-04-01 🇰🇪 Ihithe, Nyeri District, Kenya
Passed Away 2011-09-25 Nairobi, Kenya
Lifespan 71 years old
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"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

Archival Overview

First African woman Nobel laureate; united grassroots ecology with democratic governance and female economic empowerment.

Biographical Record

Wangari Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist and member of parliament who founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977. In 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace, through mobilizing women to plant over 50 million trees.

First African woman Nobel laureate; united grassroots ecology with democratic governance and female economic empowerment.

Key Life Milestones

1977-06-05

Founding the Green Belt Movement

Organized rural Kenyan women on World Environment Day to plant tree nurseries to combat soil erosion and water scarcity.

2004-12-10

First African Woman Nobel Laureate

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo for demonstrating how environmental stewardship and democracy are inseparable.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
GPS: -1.2921, 36.8219
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