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Portrait of Wangari Maathai

She was the first African woman to receive the Nobel prize. Here's the extraordinary story of Wangari Maathai, one of the world's most important ecologist.

05/19/2018 2:28 PM

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6408 comments

  • Uthayakumar U.
    05/28/2021 18:09

    What a great personality.

  • Mohammad N.
    04/08/2021 14:23

    Wow, never knew about her before, and her courageous fight against all odds. Rest In Peace.

  • Michael P.
    04/01/2021 18:55

    She is one of the World best Woman and had done so much for the Humans .

  • Sa W.
    02/06/2021 22:26

    Well done!!!

  • Judy O.
    02/04/2021 12:43

    I have watched this before. A woman who listens to her heart. If you are not faithful in small things big things can not come. She started with 1 small tree whip. She is beautiful.

  • DRMohammed F.
    02/03/2021 13:58

    It needs to be called as criminal in a democracy of freedom and peace (as termed) and suffer to become peace and democracy ambassador. She is really a beacon of light for millions of conscious keepers.

  • Julia H.
    01/31/2021 12:18

    What an inspiration ❤️

  • Kerubo K.
    01/28/2021 15:57

    I Thought about her today. What an incredible woman she was.

  • Judy R.
    01/28/2021 00:56

    She made a difference ❣️

  • Bashiyr D.
    01/26/2021 20:26

    We are Global African Indigenous people!! Love and Unity is the best key for us all together!!💯 Also Giving thanks to the Great Mother's/Goddesses and Great Father's/Gods and the Ancestors and Guardians!! Saying from Snefer aka Bashiyr!!🤴🏿👸🏿

  • Jean B.
    09/17/2020 15:06

    .

  • Omar J.
    09/13/2020 20:04

    Wow

  • Ken B.
    09/07/2020 13:44

    Cancer takes another good person.😔

  • Sara E.
    08/07/2020 21:04

    Why weren’t we taught about about this woman and the good works she’s doing? Why isn’t she a topic of conversation? This is a positive female role model.

  • Silvana C.
    07/27/2020 21:36

    Magnífico!!

  • Anthony E.
    07/25/2020 04:48

    🙏🏾

  • Laydee L.
    07/22/2020 13:12

    Angel right there! 👌🏼

  • Stéfani M.
    05/07/2020 17:22

    Inspiring.

  • Anne M.
    05/07/2020 03:20

    We have women like her. We need people like her supporters to amplify the voices of women like her, shouting out loud about the need to end injustice. I faced injustice in Nigeria and New Jersey, but my focus is not to punish but to ensure other women do not suffer. Our world is safer without rape - of mind (fraud) and body. Please share, repost and retweet till your government do something to end widow abuse, inheritance fraud and successor rights crime. Thank YOU. twitter.com/AnneMuyiwa/status/1257461952164573185

  • Ann-Louise L.
    05/02/2020 00:08

    ❤️🙏❤️