Wangari

/ wahn-GAH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
🇰🇪 Kenya
Religion
Christianity
First Seen
Trait
Courageous

Meaning & Etymology

Of the leopard clan.

Borne by Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Famous People

Wangari Maathai

Environmentalism · Kenya · b. 1940

Environmental and political activist; first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2004).

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