Despite being born into poverty and things were difficult for her family, Wangari Maathai, was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. She was known for the Green Belt Movement; a movement that is focused on reforestation and environmental protection. Wangari faced many challenges in her bid to make this vision true.
The government, organizations, and individuals opposed her. They said her idea was too primitive and not what the country needs. But it eventually worked. Her work became recognized internationally, and made her to receive several awards.
Her goal was not only on environmental protection, but also on political freedom, women rights and nation building. She fought against tyranny in government and was arrested many times by the government and was accused of treason and inciting the public.
Despite the fact that she was divorced by her husband and was being defamed, she didn’t let that stop her. She moved on to fighting for all that she believed. She spearheaded many organizations and parties for coalition against the ruling party of the government of Kenya. In her bid to change the narrative of the country, she ran for the seat of the parliament and lost many times before she eventually won.
She became the first woman in Kenya to achieve that feat. Not only that, she was also the first woman in East Africa to earn a PhD and hold many public and political positions in the country.
Her resilience and focus-mindedness had nothing to be compared with. She left a good legacy of national reformation and environmental protection. The latter has been practiced and institutionalized in many nations around the world. She received several awards and honors before and after her death, and her name has become immortalized.
She wrote several books including 1. The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience, 2. Unbowed: A Memoir, 3. Reclaiming rights and resources women, poverty and environment, 4. The Challenge for Africa, 5. Replenishing the Earth, and so on. She died in the year 2011 at the age of 71.
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