Historical Figure
Wangari Maathai
1940–2011
Kenyan environmental activist (1940–2011)
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Birth
1940 April 1, 1940 →Biography
Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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