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Kenyans gather to say goodbye to Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai

By JMdm on | From cnn.com
Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist, Wangari Maathai has died at the age of 71 Maathai was a trailblazer throughout her life. She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree and in 2002 was elected to Kenya's parliament with 98 percent of the vote. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote sustainable development, democracy and peace. Wangari was the first African woman to win the Nobel prize but...Read Full Story

Kenyans gather to say goodbye to Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai

By LsosA on | From cnn.com
Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist, Wangari Maathai has died at the age of 71 Maathai was a trailblazer throughout her life. She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree and in 2002 was elected to Kenya's parliament with 98 percent of the vote. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote sustainable development, democracy and peace. Wangari was the first African woman to win the Nobel prize but...Read Full Story

Maathai: World mourns passing of true 'African heroine'

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai poses after a meeting in Copenhagen on December 15, 2009. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Wangari Maathai died at 71 from ovarian cancer Leaders around the world have paid tribute The Nobel Laureate was trending worldwide on Twitter There are calls for her legacy to live on (CNN) -- World leaders have paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who passed away while having treatment for ovarian cancer on Monday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu...Read Full Story

Kenya to hold a state funeral for Nobel laureate Maathai

By LsosA on | From cnn.com
Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist, Wangari Maathai has died at the age of 71 Maathai was a trailblazer throughout her life. She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree and in 2002 was elected to Kenya's parliament with 98 percent of the vote. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote sustainable development, democracy and peace. Wangari was the first African woman to win the Nobel prize but...Read Full Story

Wangari Maathai: A life in pictures

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Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist, Wangari Maathai has died at the age of 71 Maathai blazed many trails throughout her life.She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree and in 2002 was elected to Kenya's parliament with 98 percent of the vote. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote sustainable development, democracy and peace. Wangari was the first African woman to win the Nobel prize but...Read Full Story
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Featured Gift TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI DVD   "It is the people who must save the environment. It is the people who must make their leaders change. And we cannot be intimidated. So we must stand up for what we believe in."- Wangari Maathai (April 1, 1940 - September 25, 2011) Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a...  
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Kenya's Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai dies
NAIROBI: Kenya's Wangari Maathai, who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work, has died of cancer, the campaigning movement she founded announced on Monday. "It is with great sadness that the family of professor Wangari Maathai announces ...  
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'Taking Root' Filmmaker Remembers Wangari Maathai
Then on Oct. 8, 2004, the phone rang at 5 a.m. A friend had just heard on BBC news ... We have not been very good at listening. Here was a chance to reverse that. Maathai and the Green Belt Movement has so much to teach us about environmental justice ...  
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Independent Lens: Taking Root: The Vision Of Wangari Maathai
Maathai discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom ... defend human rights and promote democracy—all sprouting from the achievable act of planting trees. Independent Lens is on Facebook, and you can follow ...  
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Re-Greening Africa in the Footsteps of Wangari Maathai
If this is implemented, then we will be living the dream of the late Professor Maathai," said Vendenabeele. He added that for Africa to realise the dream of a green continent there needs to be more investment in environmental research. Dr. Maxwell ...  
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