Episode 24 - We celebrate Mme Wangari Maathai

Conversations With La Nkosi

In this episode we dive into who Mme Wangari Maathai was and why we continue to celebrate and work towards honoring the remarkable legacy she left behind. Mme Wangari was among the 800 young Africans who studied in the United States through the Kennedy Airlift Scholarship program in the 1960s. She then went on to become the First woman from the East and Central Africa to obtain a doctoral degree; and then became the first female associate professor in the East and Central Africa. One can not not tell you about this phenomenal woman of color, a Queen is what she was and an inspiration to us daughters of the soil she continues to be. 🖤