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Wangari Maathai: Obituaries

September 26, 2011

Daniel Kammen: "Wangari Muta Maathai: A Life of Firsts," National Geographic

Bryan Walsh: "The Legacy of Wangari Maathai, Nobel Environmentalist," The Economist

Rachel Ombaka: "World Leaders Mourn Wangari Maathai," Kenyan Daily Nation

John Vidal: "Wangari Maathai, The Woman I Knew," The Guardian.

Jeffrey Gettleman: "Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71," The New York Times.

Achim Steiner: "UNEP Pays Tribute to Wangari Maathai," UNEP.

Richard Black: "Wangari Maathai: Death of a Visionary," BBC.

"Wangari Maathai, First African Woman to Win Nobel Peace Prize, Dies After Fight with cancer," Associated Press

Stephanie Busari: "Maathai: World Mourns Passing of True 'African heroine," CNN.

Scott Baldauf: "Good Reads: Wangari Maathai Lives On—and So Will Facebook," Christian Science Monitor

Daniel Howden: "Kenya Mourns Death of Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai at 71," The Independent