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Acacia trees on savannah near Mount Kenya, Lewa Conservancy, Kenya

Wangari Maathai Biography

Source: Biography

Read this biography of Wangari Maathi, a Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

This entry was posted in Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace and tagged Historic Figures, People, Science & Nature on September 1, 2016 by Anita Hacker.

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