(Updated 9/29 8 a.m.) – The Gonzaga community is honoring Wangari Maathai by arranging for a free public viewing of Taking Root, the documentary about her founding of The Green Belt Movement. The ...

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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 ...

Prof Wangari Maathai was born in Ihithe village, Nyeri on April Fool’s Day, 1940 She was a lady of many firsts includig being the first East and Central African woman to earn a doctorate in biological ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- To the beat of African drums, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai received her Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, telling the audience of royals, celebrities and diplomats that ...

In her native Kenya, Wangari Maathai has been arrested, beaten unconscious and called subversive. Last week, her fortunes took a different turn when she became the first environmental campaigner — and ...

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 ...

small town in Atchison, Kansas,” Maathai said.

Professor Wangari Maathai contributed over many decades to furthering the ideals and objectives of the United Nations. A globally recognized champion for human rights and women’s empowerment, ...

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 ...

Athletes taking off during the start 21km category of the inaugural Wangari Maathai Marathon held at Karura Forest, Nairobi. [Courtesy] Organisers of the inaugural Wangari Maathai Marathon have laid ...