Ancient Greeks had gods to ensure their ultimate destruction. We have political leaders. That’s the thrust of Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai’s new book, The Challenge for Africa. In Africa, no matter ...

The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was only another triumph in the unlikely rise to prominence of Wangari Maathai of Kenya, who became the first African woman and first environmental activist to win that most ...

In 28 individually titled spreads, this engaging narrative nonfiction picture book relays the life of Kenyan preservationist Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), “the first woman to get a PhD in East Africa,” ...

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In October 2004, environmental activist Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor that has sparked the publication of this expanded edition of her slim treatise, ...

Wangari Maathai, a little-known environmental activist from Kenya, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. It was a surprise, but Maathai says the Nobel committee was able to see the connection ...

small town in Atchison, Kansas,” Maathai said.

This paper asks how comprehensive and holistic is the World Bank’s current development model, also known as the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF), in Africa? By comprehensive and holistic, I ...

“The work of the Green Belt Movement stands as a testament to the power of grassroots organizing, proof that one person’s simple idea — that a community should come together to plant trees — can make ...

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 ...