Professor Wangari Maathai

Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist.  In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.  In 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Nobel Prize Winners