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Wangari Maathai (1940–2011)

Kwanan wata
1940–2011
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Nau'in shaida: Documented history

Har yanzu babu shi a Harshen Hausa. Ana nuna asalin English.

Kenyan scientist and environmentalist, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (2004), “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”. In 1977 she started the Green Belt Movement, which encouraged women to plant trees against deforestation.

Example of her legacy: more than thirty million trees planted through the movement.