Wangari Maathai

Authors

Tabitha M. Kanogo

Files

Series

Ohio Short Histories of Africa

Description

Wangari Muta Maathai is one of Africa’s most celebrated female activists. Originally trained as a scientist in Kenya and abroad, Professor Maathai returned to her home country of Kenya with a renewed political consciousness. There, she began her long career as an activist, campaigning for environmental and social justice while speaking out against government corruption. In 2004, Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership of the Green Belt Movement, a conservation effort that resulted in the restoration of African forests decimated during the colonial era.

In this biography, Tabitha Kanogo follows Wangari Maathai from her modest, rural Kenyan upbringing to her rise as a national figure campaigning for environmental and ecological conservation, sustainable development, democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the eradication of poverty until her death in 2011.

Copyright Statement

Wangari Maathai © 2020 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng

ISBN

9780821440711

Publication Date

4-7-2020

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

Wangari Maathai, Green Belt Movement, women activists, environment, ecology, Kenya, Nobel Prize

Disciplines

African Studies | Environmental Studies | Natural Resources and Conservation | Social Justice

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Kanogo, Tabitha M., "Wangari Maathai" (2020). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 85.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/85