Nobel Laureate and Environmentalist Wangari Maathai Laid To Rest
The world descended on Nairobi's Uhuru Park to mourn renowned environmentalist and 2004 Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai.
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Kenya:
Women of Kenya Celebrate Maathai's Life
Nation, 6 October 2011
Prof Wangari Muta Maathai was the chairperson of National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK) in the 1980s. Read more »
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Kenya:
Maathai's Final Wish Granted That No Tree Should Be Felled for Coffin
Nation, 7 October 2011
The decision to cremate Nobel laureate Prof Wangari Maathai was reached after a high level meeting agreed to honour her wishes. Read more »
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Kenya:
No Fanfare As Nobel Laureate Cremated
Nation, 8 October 2011
Kenyans and the world on Saturday paid their last respects to Wangari Maathai, the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and environmentalist, in the country's third State funeral. Read more »
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Kenya:
Goodbye Wangari
Nation, 8 October 2011
In death as in life, conservationist and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was a phenomenon, a fact confirmed by the glowing tributes in her honour on Saturday. Read more »
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Kenya:
Wangari Maathai's Final Journey
Nation, 8 October 2011
The world descended on Nairobi's Uhuru Park Saturday to mourn renown environmentalist and 2004 Nobel laureate Prof Wangari Maathai. Read more »
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Kenya:
Citizens Pay Their Respects to Wangari Maathai
RNW Africa, 8 October 2011
The Late Wangari Maathai was given a state funeral in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner died last month while undergoing treatment for cancer. Read more »
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Kenya:
Nation Says Farewell to Nobel Laureate Maathai
RFI, 8 October 2011
A state funeral was held on Saturday in Nairobi to bid farewell to environmentalist and Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai. Read more »
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Kenya:
Maathai Rejected Lucrative Offers to Ship Her Memoirs Out of Country
Nation, 8 October 2011
A day before Kenyans and the world bade their final farewell to Prof Wangari Maathai, 71 seedlings were planted in her honour at a site that will be an enduring testament to her… Read more »
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Kenya:
Uneasy Moments As Rivals Meet
Nation, 8 October 2011
The State funeral of Prof Wangari Maathai was not short of sideshows. Read more »
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Kenya:
Groups Want Park Named After Nobel Laureate
Nation, 7 October 2011
Civil society groups now want the Freedom Corner section of Uhuru Park renamed after Wangari Maathai. Read more »
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Kenya:
Pomp and Ceremony to Mark Third State Funeral
Nation, 7 October 2011
According to Wikipedia, a state funeral is a public ceremony observing strict rules of protocol held to honour heads of State or other people of national significance. Read more »
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Kenya:
Maathai Recognised the Big Picture Early
Nation, 7 October 2011
Professor and Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai continues to teach us lessons, even in death. Read more »
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Kenya:
Wangari's Tenacity Will Live On Forever
Nation, 7 October 2011
Kenya and the world bids final farewell to Prof Wangari Maathai on Saturday, an iconic figure and an environmental and socio-political activist, who lived well ahead of her time. Read more »
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Kenya:
Important Dates in Wangari Maathai's Life
Nation, 7 October 2011
April 1940: Wangari is born in Ihithe village, Nyeri district. Read more »
InFocus
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A tree-planting ceremony at a school in western Kenya reminds us of the legacy of Wangari Maathai, writes Tom Rhodes. Read more »
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Wangari Maathai will be cremated and her remains interred as per her last wishes, her family and Government announced. Read more »