# Wangari Maathai (@wangari-maathai)

Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan biologist, organizer, and public official who founded the Green Belt Movement. Beginning with women-led tree planting, she built a practical environmental movement connecting forests, water, food, livelihoods, democratic participation, and peace.

Maathai was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate and the first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Her career showed that environmental repair could also build local knowledge, women’s leadership, and resistance to abusive government.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Wangari Maathai's public record._

## Topics

- [Peace Prize and Public Service](/@wangari-maathai/peace-prize-and-public-service.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ecology, Democracy, and Public Land](/@wangari-maathai/ecology-democracy-and-public-land.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Green Belt Movement](/@wangari-maathai/the-green-belt-movement.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Campaigns and Public Record](/@wangari-maathai/campaigns-and-public-record.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Legacy and Context](/@wangari-maathai/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Work and Method](/@wangari-maathai/work-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/
- blog: https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/wangari-maathai/

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "wangari-maathai", "question": "…"}`.