Wangari Maathai

Wangarĩ Maathai (; nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so silimiingoli  April dahin yini dali, yuuni 1940 ka o kani silimiingoli September bɛɣu pishi ni anu dali,  yuuni 2011) o nyɛla ŋun daa nyɛ  Kenyan social, environmental, n-ti pahi ŋun kpemi siyaasa ni pam ka nyɛ ŋun kpa laɣingu din yuli daa booni  Green Belt Movement, din daa pa gomdanti bini,  ka d nia nim daa kuli nyɛla ni di kpaŋsi tihi sabu, naawuni nam tɛri kulibu n-ti pahi paɣibi yɛlimaŋli zuɣu zabbu. Yuuni  2004 ni, o daa nyɛla ŋun daa leegi tuuli gbansabinli bipuɣingi ŋun daa di kpaŋmaŋ pini yuli daa booni Nobel Peace Prize. 

Pirinla o ni daa nyɛ ŋun be  the Kennedy Airlift la anfaani diribi ni la, o daa nyɛla ŋun chaŋ shikuru United States, n daa naagi ni-ni shɛhira gbaŋ yuli booni  bachelor's degree shikuru yuli booni Mount St. Scholastica n-ti lahi pahi master's degree shɛhira gbaŋ  shikuru yuli booni  University of Pittsburgh. O daa nyɛla ŋun bi zani ni ka daa lahi tuɣi bɔhimbu n daa ti leegi tuuli bipuɣingi ŋun daa yina  East mini  Central Africa n leegi  Doctor of Philosophy, ka daa deegi o Ph.D. shɛhira gbaŋ shikuru yuli booni  University of Nairobi n be  Kenya. 

Piligu biɛhigu mini Shikuru baŋsim

Activism and political life

2004 Nobel Peace Prize

AIDS conspiracy theory
2005–2011: Later life

Wangarĩ Maathai Forest Champion Award
 Yuuni 2012 – Narayan Kaji Shrestha, with an honourable mention to Kurshida Begum
 Yuuni 2014 – Martha Isabel "Pati" Ruiz Corzo, with an honourable mention to Chut Wutty
 Yuuni 2015 – Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi
 Yuuni 2017 – Maria Margarida Ribeiro da Silva, a Brazilian forestry activist
 Yuuni 2019 – Léonidas Nzigiyimpa, a Burundian forestry activist
 Yuuni 2022 – Cécile Ndjebet, a Cameroonian activist

Posthumous recognition
Selected publications
 ; (1985)
 The bottom is heavy too: even with the Green Belt Movement : the Fifth Edinburgh Medal Address (1994)
 Bottle-necks of development in Africa (1995)
 The Canopy of Hope: My Life Campaigning for Africa, Women, and the Environment (2002)
 Unbowed: A Memoir (2006) 
 Reclaiming rights and resources women, poverty and environment (2007)
 Rainwater Harvesting (2008)
 State of the world's minorities 2008: events of 2007 (2008)
 ; (2009)
 Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril. (2010) chapter Nelson, Michael P. and Kathleen Dean Moore (eds.). Trinity University Press, 
 Replenishing the Earth (2010) 

O kpaŋmaŋ pina

 1984: Right Livelihood Award
 1986: Better World Society
 1987: Global 500 Roll of Honour
 1991: Goldman Environmental Prize
 1991: The Hunger Project's Africa Prize for LeadershipHighlights of the 1991 Africa Prize . The Hunger Project . Retrieved 24 February 2009
 1993: Edinburgh Medal (for "Outstanding contribution to Humanity through Science")
 1993: Jane Addams Leadership Award
 1993: Benedictine College Offeramus MedalWangari Maathai: 'An alumna of whom we are most proud' . Retrieved 8 March 2010
 1994: The Golden Ark Award
 2001: The Juliet Hollister Award
 2003: Global Environment Award, World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations
 2004: Conservation Scientist Award from Columbia University
 2004: J. Sterling Morton Award
 2004: Petra Kelly Prize
 2004: Sophie Prize
 2004: Nobel Peace Prize
 2006: Légion d'honneur
 2006: Doctor of Public Service (honorary degree), University of Pittsburgh
 2007: World Citizenship Award
 2007: Livingstone Medal from Royal Scottish Geographical Society
 2007: Indira Gandhi Prize
 2007: Cross of the Order of St. Benedict
 2008: The Elizabeth Blackwell Award from Hobart and William Smith Colleges
 2009: NAACP Image Award - Chairman's Award (with Al Gore)NAACP sets a date for image awards: Nominees to be announced in January; ceremony to be held following month Mba, Ngozi (22 January 2009). Nominees for 40th NAACP Image Awards Unveiled . Jamati Online . Retrieved 24 February 2009
 2009: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan
 2011: The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University
 2013: Doctor of Science (honorary degree), Syracuse University, New York
 2020: The Perfect World Award by The Perfect World Foundation

Maan lihimi ŋɔ yaha
 Black Nobel Prize laureates
 List of female Nobel laureates
 List of peace activists
 Mottainai
 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.
 Women's Environment & Development Organization

Kundivihira

Works cited


Karimbu nim yaha
 Namulundah Florence, Wangari Maathai: Visionary, Environmental Leader, Political Activist, Lantern, 2015.
 Wangari Maathai, The Greenbelt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience, Lantern Books, 2003. 
 Wangari Maathai, The Canopy of Hope: My Life Campaigning for Africa, Women, and the Environment, Lantern Books, 2002. 
 Wangari Maathai, Bottom is Heavy Too: Edinburgh Medal Lecture, Edinburgh UP, 1994. 
 Picture book (fr.), Franck Prévot (text) & Aurélia Fronty (illustrations), Wangari Maathai, la femme qui plante des millions d'arbres, , 2011 ()

External links


 Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai documentary film
 Official Site: The Wangari Maathai Foundation
 The Green Belt Movement and Wangari Maathai
 Wangari Maathai and the Billion Tree Campaign
 Feature on Wangari Maathai by the International Museum of Women


 Seeds of change planting a path to peace 
 Nobel Women's Initiative


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