In 2004, wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel peace prize.
She was also the first woman in East and Central Africa to receive a PhD.
She was a trailblazer who fought for the environment and connected conservation to people's livelihood.
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Wangari Maathai was such a strong & independent woman that her husband filed for divorce citing she was " too strong minded for a woman" and he was " unable to control her"
After the divorce he wanted her to stop using his name so she changed it from mathai to Maathai💅🏽
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In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental organisation focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
As a professor at the university of Nairobi, she advocated for Equal Pay. She was a woman ahead of her time.
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If you are ever in Nairobi and get a chance to relax at Uhuru park, it is because of Maathai's protest against the Govt that wanted to turn the park into high-rise offices.
As an activist, she also stood beside Kenyan mothers who's sons had been political prisoners under the dictatorial regime of the time.
Some stripped naked to call attention to the injustice facing political prisoners who defied the Govt.
To read more about this amazing woman, get her biography here
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amazon.com/Unbowed-Memoir…
@KenyanSquadie has written a great article celebrating Wangari Maathai for #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
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