In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Wangari Maathai. Born April 1, 1940 small village in the central highlands of what was then British Kenya, she founded the Green Belt Movement mobilizing women to plant nearly 30 million trees.

“Every African, from the head of state to the sustenance farmer, needs to embrace cultures of honest, hard work, fairness, and justice, as well as the riches—cultural, spiritual, and material—of their continent.”