Nowhere in Wangari Maathai’s official biography as founder of the Green Belt Movement is there mention of a song written to honor her environmental work. But there is one. In late October of 2006, ...

Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer Sunday at the age of 71. Maathai inspired a generation of women and founded Kenya's Green Belt Movement, which ...

Lisa Merton and Alan Dater, the producers of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, attended the Nobel laureate and environmental activist’s funeral in Kenya in October. Merton offered ...

The best way to remember Maathai is to support the Green Belt Movement, which she founded and in which she invested her life hopes. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

October 2004 was an exciting time to be a tree-hugger in Wangari Maathai‘s home country of Kenya. When she was announced as winner of that year’s Nobel Peace Prize, many of my environmentally inclined ...

Kenyan environmental activist and human rights campaigner Wangari Maathai has been awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. Currently the deputy environment minister of Kenya, Maathai was praised by the ...

Wangari Maathai, the professor-turned-activist who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to Kenya's oppressive regime, is no stranger to the turmoil of politics. But even Maathai was shocked ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, will be the keynote speaker for the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event at the ...

Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai died Sunday after a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 71. Wangari Maathai. Courtesy of the Green Belt Movement Maathai is best known for ...

The latest in a spate of films about strong African females and their impact on the political landscape, Lisa Merton and Alan Dater's Kenyan "Taking Root," like Ginny Reticker's "Pray the Devil Back ...

Viola Davis celebrated Wangari Maathai in a now-deleted Instagram post after her Kenyan fans teased her The A-list Hollywood actress shared Maathai's winning the Nobel Peace Prize as breaking news ...