oD support open standards:

About Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was a pioneering environmentalist and founder of the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. In 2003, she was appointed the country’s assistant minister for environment, natural resources and wildlife. In 2004, she became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel peace prize.

Wangari Maathai died in Nairobi on 25 September 2011

Articles by Wangari Maathai

Tuesday 27th September

An African future: beyond the culture of dependency

Wangari Maathai, 27 September 2011
The experience of poor farmers in Kenya is a lesson in the need for an anti-corruption revolution. (This article is republished in tribute to the pioneering environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who died on 25 September 2011)
Tuesday 5th July

Africans can do it for ourselves

Wangari Maathai, 5 July 2005
The African challenge is to combine the management and sharing of the continent’s rich resources with peace and democratic governance, says Kenyan environment minister and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai.
Syndicate content