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 Leadership
* 1993: Edinburgh Medal (for "Outstanding contribution to Humanity through Science")
* 1993: Jane Addams Leadership Award
* 1993: Benedictine College Offeramus Medal
* 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)
* 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
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## 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
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* 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
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* Seeds of change planting a path to peace 
* Nobel Women's Initiative
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