Latest articles on Wangari Maathai

Africa Nic Cheeseman, Eloise Bertrand & Saeed Husaini - 19 Mar 2019

A dictionary of African politics reveals the witty and insightful political terminology that people in different African countries use.

Article Esther Ngumbi - 14 Dec 2018

Graça Machel is the example of someone reaching out to other women and lifting them up

Article Otto Bakano - 8 Oct 2011

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai at a park in central Nairobi.

Article Jody Clarke - 30 Sep 2011

Nobel-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai's legacy was to provide shelter for the withering Earth.

Africa Staff Reporter - 26 Sep 2011

South Africans paid tribute on Monday to late Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai, who died in a Nairobi hospital on Monday.

Africa Staff Reporter - 26 Sep 2011

Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai has died in hospital where she was undergoing treatment for cancer.

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Aug 2011

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai says South Sudan's stability is threatened by ongoing conflict and the legacy of decades of civil war.

The Mail & Guardian’s essential coverage of the ongoing coronavirus crisis is free to read for everyone.

Special Reports