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Wangari Muta Maathai
Wangar USA Muta Maathai is a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a Kennedy Airlift recipient, she studied in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She became the first woman from East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy, receiving her doctorate. from Nairobi University in Kenya. In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental NGO focused on tree planting, environmental conservation and women's rights. In 1984, she received the Right Livelihood Award for "turning the ecological debate in Kenya into public action for reforestation".
BornWangarĩ Muta, April 1, 1940, Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District, Kenya (then known as Nyeri, Kenya Colony)
DiedSeptember 25, 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
CitizenshipKenyan
EducationBSc: biology, M.Sc: biological sciences, Ph.D: veterinary anatomy
Alma materBenedictine College, University of Pittsburgh, University of Nairobi
OccupationEnvironmentalist, political activist, writer
Known forGreen Belt Movement
ChildrenWanjira Mathai

About Wangari Muta Maathai

Politician Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya on April 1, 1940. She dies at the age of 71, on September 25, 2011.

Kenyan environmentalist and women's rights activist who was the first African woman to earn the Nobel Peace Prize. She served as an assistant minister for the environment and natural resources from 2003 to 2005.

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Wangari Muta Maathai before becoming famous

Wangari Muta Maathai was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1940 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).

She attended Mount St. Scholastica College in Kansas on a scholarship and majored in biology.

Achievement of Wangari Muta Maathai

In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her"contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace".

Wangari Muta Maathai's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She married Mwangi Mathai in 1969.

Wangari Muta Maathai on Social Media

Wangari Muta Maathai Collabed with

During his journey to Kenya, where his father was born, she met then-Senator US President Barack Obama.

Wangari Muta Maathai Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Wangari Muta Maathai updated on March 13 2023.