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Wangarĩ Maathai

Wangarĩ Maathai
Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

Wangarĩ Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

1 April 1940

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