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Wangari Maathai: The tree lady (1940 – 2011)


Sep 26, 2011

Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, an organisation which campaigned for environmental conservation and good governance. She brought alive, the democratic struggle, with her tree-planting campaign.

Related:Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai dies



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