High On Heroines 1 Ep4 - Wangari Maathai (The Legacy Of A Forester)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
  • In this Episode, I tell the story of Professor Wangari Maathai. The Nobel Peace Price winner who was willing to lay down her own life for the sake of Kenya's Forests.
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Комментарии • 594

  • @elvisleyian6595
    @elvisleyian6595 2 года назад +178

    Bro! You are a life saver! I am currently training maasai girls on leadership and one of the role models/ leaders we were looking at was wangari mathai, I have been searching for videos on her story on RUclips but none was elaborate enough and told in a youth appealing way until this night when I came across this video. I actually tried searching for it on your channel last week and today seeing it on my notifications felt like a miracle...I cant wait to show it to the girls tomorrow during our lesson....you are a great story teller it's like watching a movie and I personally learn a lot from your stories. Keeping teaching us!
    This will definitely be the icing on our cake for us as we finish our leadership training this week!🙂

    • @puritybundi8204
      @puritybundi8204 2 года назад +6

      she is my favorite..I can recommend her books: Unbowed and the Challenges of Africa. It will impart knowledge of the girls. Goodluck

    • @danieldaniels4744
      @danieldaniels4744 2 года назад +1

      Subscribe n bring those teaching and none teaching staff to subscribe for MKURUGENZI.

  • @mainawambicho9023
    @mainawambicho9023 2 года назад +178

    Who else thinks we need atleast two episodes a week?

  • @AggiethedancequeenLAB
    @AggiethedancequeenLAB 2 года назад +149

    I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS SERIES. I PRAY I MAKE IT TO ONE OF THE EPISODES SOMEDAY.WORKING TOWARDS IT

    • @Mutuuuua
      @Mutuuuua 2 года назад

      Mistaken Episode 1
      A kenyan RUclips series 🇰🇪
      ruclips.net/video/NCMgvk4DIyI/видео.html
      🇰🇪POMA MOTION PICTURES 🇰🇪

    • @Mkurugenziii
      @Mkurugenziii  2 года назад +8

      You definitely shall. You’re a force!

    • @kayesacliff900
      @kayesacliff900 2 года назад +6

      @@Mkurugenziii mkuru I did my research manze you should have said the first and only black African woman to be awarded a Nobel peace prize otherwise at least a dozen Africans have won a Nobel price at least 5 or more wangari Mathai included won the peace price

    • @beninthechange1366
      @beninthechange1366 7 месяцев назад

      Our own
      This story has lot of pride behind it thanks sana mkuruuu❤

  • @mbogojamesjm
    @mbogojamesjm 2 года назад +150

    She obtained a degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964), a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (1966), and pursued doctoral studies in Germany and the University of Nairobi.

  • @Ali_Manzu
    @Ali_Manzu 2 года назад +82

    Bro, Nelson Mandela, Fredrick DeKlerk, Desmon Tutu, Albert Luthuli, Kofi Annan, Wangari Maathai are just a few of the names of nobel peace winners from Africa. Others Ill have to research.

  • @mwendwakinoti
    @mwendwakinoti 2 года назад +44

    I love it when Mkuru does a South African accent😂😂😂

    • @she3479
      @she3479 Год назад

      Eeeh Madiba😂😂....you can conferm it .....jus jus drop it in the comments😂😂😂

  • @owenkariuki4438
    @owenkariuki4438 2 года назад +77

    It’s time we appreciated our homegrown heroes and legends. What an icon Wangari Maathai was- resilience, ambitious and worthy of her accolades. Mkuru asante kwa hii stori 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

  • @infimusmotorsreview3693
    @infimusmotorsreview3693 2 года назад +54

    Prof Wangari Mathai attended the following universities/colleges outside kenya.
    1. University of Pittsburgh
    1964-1966
    2. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    3. Benedictine College
    4. University of Giessen
    5. Mount St. Scholastica College
    1964

  • @poetleemichaellml
    @poetleemichaellml 2 года назад +40

    Mkuru has a way of making 45 minutes seem like 4minutes... Story teller on another level

  • @itsanitasoina
    @itsanitasoina 2 года назад +44

    The story of my role model, our heroine , the queen herself has been told so well In a very simple language that everyone can understand. @Abel Mutua you are a climate champion and by telling this story in a selfless manner that everyone can understand is the best you have done. MUCH RESPECT ✊✊✊💚💚

  • @junglegalchaka6916
    @junglegalchaka6916 2 года назад +49

    Mkuru nimefanya homework, nieke kwa boot twende Nakuru😉
    1. Ihithe primary school
    2. St. Cecilia's intermediate primary school
    3. Loreto high school
    From 1960-1969; 4. Mount St. Scholastica college majored in biology 1960-1964
    5. University of Pittsburgh masters degree in biology 1966
    6. University of Giessen 1967
    7. University of Munich1967
    8. University of Nairobi studied being a assistant lecturer 1969

  • @kingsedits007
    @kingsedits007 2 года назад +41

    Who can agree with me that the editing on this one is TOP NOTCH💯💯😂😂. Thanks for the content ...amazing.

  • @suerono7088
    @suerono7088 2 года назад +15

    Desmond Tutu won the Nobel prize for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa

  • @wambuimuriuki
    @wambuimuriuki 2 года назад +3

    Wangari Muta Maathai,brave,resilient,unbowed. Even in death we don't talk about trees without mentioning her name.
    Mkuruu,thank you for telling her story

  • @faithobino4730
    @faithobino4730 2 года назад +43

    She completed her degree in Biological Sciences at Mount Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas in 1964.
    She completed her Master of Science degree in University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1966.
    She got a scholarship in 1968 to Germany under the Nairobi- Giessen Partnership program to study her Doctoral degree.
    *please correct me if i'm wrong 😸*

    • @kosgeieuodia9651
      @kosgeieuodia9651 2 года назад +1

      Weeee hakuna correction hapa.. Pewa mbili kwa bill yangu

    • @Kaswity2000
      @Kaswity2000 2 года назад

      Uko juu mrembo👏👏👏👏

  • @odinare
    @odinare 2 года назад +23

    Yousafzai is a hero to date.. a story of courage a midst crisis.
    Wangari Maathai is a true environmentalist. we should continue her legacy. #ClimateAction

  • @storiesoftriumph
    @storiesoftriumph 2 года назад +17

    Wangari mathaai was a legend. Sad to see how quickly her works have been forgotten and public lands are now being converted to places of architecture instead of the green areas they once were. She must be turning in her grave

  • @purposeinChrist
    @purposeinChrist 2 года назад +17

    Wangari Maathai remained unbowed to the end. Such people bring long-lasting changes to the world. I love her book, 'Unbowed.'

  • @tonnyndundahse69
    @tonnyndundahse69 2 года назад +6

    Hats of to the late Wangari Maathai, we need to conserve our environment for generations to, Mau forest and other forests should be conserved at all cost, watu wapande miti, thank you Mkurugenzi for bringing this onboard.

  • @nungarimuigai3313
    @nungarimuigai3313 2 года назад +21

    The Paul muite picture popping up nearly gave me a heart attack 😂😂

  • @apoloniongaira739
    @apoloniongaira739 2 года назад +9

    A few years from now this is the kind of channel that I will allow m y kids to watch just so they can learn from it. Mkuruu and your team may our good Lord increase your years on earth, bless you , favor you and protect you always.❤

  • @kjhhhjgguvf
    @kjhhhjgguvf 2 года назад +64

    If only everyone in this channel made the attempt to plant a tree this year.

    • @gitongadavid6449
      @gitongadavid6449 2 года назад +7

      Imagine if every subscriber planted a tree each year that would be 250k trees in only one year trees that would be so great

    • @capitanwambua2748
      @capitanwambua2748 2 года назад +3

      Absolutely

    • @kjhhhjgguvf
      @kjhhhjgguvf 2 года назад +1

      Asante mkuru🙌

  • @gitongadavid6449
    @gitongadavid6449 2 года назад +19

    Wangari Maathai was a true gem maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan...

  • @andymuthuma956
    @andymuthuma956 2 года назад +14

    i love the heading,,,,, THE LEGACY OF A FORESTER...good wordplay

  • @ms.irene.1265
    @ms.irene.1265 2 года назад +18

    I just caught up with all episodes. This is after several persuasive trials from my sister . Little did I know, that I had been missing information,laughs and education.
    Thank you Abel 😊.
    much love ...From Birmingham, Alabama.
    oh I love them all but my Favorite of them all is " adventures of Eastlands"... I had never laughed 🤣🤣🤣🤣that hard. still do to date.
    Salute Abel and your crew that make this chanel successful.

    • @Mkurugenziii
      @Mkurugenziii  2 года назад +6

      Karibu sana Ms. Irene! Welcome to the movement.

  • @teresamboci744
    @teresamboci744 2 года назад +1

    Nobody should try to touch you for speaking the truth. Am crying as I watch this remembering the women in my village how they benefited with green belt .

  • @annittanyashannmusic_freak8198
    @annittanyashannmusic_freak8198 2 года назад +8

    The story I have been longing for, I have always admired Professor Wangari Maathai

  • @certifiedlyricalwizardlw4964
    @certifiedlyricalwizardlw4964 2 года назад +3

    Mimi maze nataka tu mniambiee nani ako nyuma ya izi beats za high on heroine😍😍 jamani...motooo💥💥💥💥

  • @felixirungu6363
    @felixirungu6363 2 года назад +3

    Hello mkurugenzi Abel.
    I think you should tell us the Big story of Mr Tom Mboya. He really did great things for this country which lead to his death.
    Tupangia hii story mkuruu

  • @vickymaina4254
    @vickymaina4254 2 года назад +2

    One of the most beautiful stories to have ever come from our beautiful land. Wangari Maathai is a Legend and her good work lives one. For some reason, her story brings me to tears. How you narrated it is just amazing 👏🏾

  • @paulmwangiKratos
    @paulmwangiKratos 2 года назад +7

    You made me shed tears 😭 listening to the story. Her spirit still lives on. Great 👍 job mkuru

  • @carolinenyambura7979
    @carolinenyambura7979 2 года назад +1

    My son having homework about Wangare Maathai but aint worried cause Mkuru got me😉

  • @Alex-ls4hh
    @Alex-ls4hh 2 года назад +3

    We need to nurture a new generation of activists through such inspirational takes. Hatuwezi achia kina Boniface pekee yake.

  • @jameswambua4088
    @jameswambua4088 2 года назад +4

    The Green Belt Movement, she started has inspired millions of people all over the world.

  • @chrismugambi2121
    @chrismugambi2121 2 года назад +5

    The Subaru boys are very well represented in the title today, 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
    VIVA Wangari Mathai ❤️

  • @suzanna5397
    @suzanna5397 2 года назад +2

    The excitement in Mkuru as he gives this story is infectious.

  • @maureenmutiga18
    @maureenmutiga18 2 года назад +1

    This is the kind of history that should be taught in this country!!!

  • @rosaliacrystabelwaithera4980
    @rosaliacrystabelwaithera4980 2 года назад +2

    Today's story is my favorite, Highlighting my role model. she is my all time role model. may Her soul rets in peace. cancer took a real heroine from us. The struggles she went through yet still emerged victorious in everything she did

  • @basbas4194
    @basbas4194 2 года назад +6

    I think if am not wrong also Aby Ahmed "prime minister" of Ethiopia has won the Nobel Peace prize.

  • @karmard_
    @karmard_ 2 года назад +6

    The fact that mkuru always makes a sad story emjoyable is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @martinnduati1132
    @martinnduati1132 2 года назад +4

    You tell her story so well. We're blessed that Wangari Muta Maathai lived.

  • @its_lawrencek1627
    @its_lawrencek1627 2 года назад +4

    Wow, this was refreshing to say the least. It's always a serene environment as you pass through Karura forest breathing in fresh air thank to Wangari Maathai, maybe saa hii it would have been worse being residential area. If one man or woman is fully committed to his/her assignment what an impact would be. The world is we know it would be a paradise. Shout out to women and men resiliently trying to make a change in this world 🗺.

  • @minkrasi
    @minkrasi 2 года назад +4

    very apt topic!! Feb 11 is International for Women and Girls in Science...she was a trail blazer for sure

  • @sharlzguy3963
    @sharlzguy3963 2 года назад +6

    the legacy of a forester is imprezaing

  • @erickingoina9827
    @erickingoina9827 2 года назад +2

    when she met the guy the sound track is a breakout song.

  • @kyallogideon8625
    @kyallogideon8625 2 года назад +9

    Wangari Muta Maathai , THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR US.
    Abel Mutua and Team

  • @johnkentis4056
    @johnkentis4056 22 дня назад

    Iyo stori ya maathai imekuwa true sana....she really made us proud!!!!!!

  • @godfreympanda3760
    @godfreympanda3760 7 месяцев назад

    Mukuruu tupigie na story ya our fallen president John Pombe Magufuri…shout out from Tanzania 🎉

  • @graceriak4197
    @graceriak4197 2 года назад +6

    Now I can pick up her book “The challenge for Africa” I’ve had it in my bag for a month promising myself each day to read at least a chapter. My dad sent it to me from Nairobi to South Sudan insisting I should read it. Hii episode imecheza kama yeye.

  • @gijomilimited9983
    @gijomilimited9983 2 года назад +7

    These are the people we need to appreciate, Forget about these hooligans politiking

  • @emmamwanza2138
    @emmamwanza2138 2 года назад

    Malala is a wonderful leader, so inspiring and down to earth. So proud of the strides she’s continued to make♥️

  • @divonmwamba6457
    @divonmwamba6457 2 года назад +3

    I love this channel because even your crew becomes the audience..

  • @mzuribeauty4287
    @mzuribeauty4287 2 года назад +1

    My kids will learn a lot from this channel

  • @inchenere4875
    @inchenere4875 2 года назад +2

    One day tuambie story ya George Muchai, former MP Kabete. Tell more Kenyan stories. Let this young generation know our heroes.

  • @ndegwa_1
    @ndegwa_1 2 года назад +8

    This one was definitely worth my lunch break.

  • @kimutaituei915
    @kimutaituei915 2 года назад +9

    There is a guy named Captain Chris B Kariuki, I feel his story is worth sharing

    • @wanjirukarago9308
      @wanjirukarago9308 2 года назад +2

      Ako pale CTA

    • @kingsedits007
      @kingsedits007 2 года назад

      True...lakini bro apa ni Heroines...labda mkuu @Abel Mutua aanzishe ya Heroes

  • @Tbloise-christfocus
    @Tbloise-christfocus 2 года назад +2

    Well Narrated,,,at a point i wept...Thankyou Wangari Maathai for all the times you refresh me...

  • @austheticstudios9295
    @austheticstudios9295 2 года назад +1

    IHiTHE is my second home 👌🏽. Fresh air! Mathaai is why we still have trees around la sivyo kenya tunge import Sahara Desert.

  • @gossipdrip25
    @gossipdrip25 2 года назад +3

    whoever edited this video manzee uko fireeeee.This time yaani tu uliamua imma give this editing some njuuuceee

  • @RadBunny2269
    @RadBunny2269 2 года назад +5

    I regularly pass by Karura forest. That it still stands still reminds me of her valor 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽.

  • @nanawangari674
    @nanawangari674 2 года назад

    My first time watching Abel Mutua do storytelling and i want to be a storyteller too. Big inspiration. Cheers Abel

  • @pruelewis5522
    @pruelewis5522 2 года назад +2

    This is an awesome story of an iconic woman. Always iconic Mkurugenzi

  • @aidanjiru1382
    @aidanjiru1382 2 года назад +4

    I have enjoyed this episode.. Smiling all the way😊Wangari Maathai was great indeed loved it and learnt a lot.

  • @wanjikuthewriter
    @wanjikuthewriter 2 года назад +13

    long live Wangari Maathai's legacy

  • @alexanderrajuay7320
    @alexanderrajuay7320 2 года назад +4

    Was eagerly waiting for this. Mkuru you've done justice to this legend. Kudos

  • @DubaiSocial
    @DubaiSocial 2 года назад +1

    This series is about delivering a product as though nothing else in this world matters, but just the product.

  • @bettyk.moffats6982
    @bettyk.moffats6982 2 года назад

    Wow amazing story indeed. True humanity. Rest well Wangari maathai.. I once visited karura forest and the ambience is breathtaking.. You only wish to pay visit more and more...

  • @paulaochango7769
    @paulaochango7769 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for telling her story. You are doing very important work.

  • @kavindumutie6335
    @kavindumutie6335 2 года назад

    Abeliiiiii..you are taking the world by storm. I love your passion.

  • @njirugicheru3768
    @njirugicheru3768 2 года назад

    Able your a natural leader I appreciate your stories and the educational values we learn from them one love brother

  • @michaelgatimu7313
    @michaelgatimu7313 2 года назад +4

    Abel this is where poverty came from. i wish we would go back to the drawing board these selfish people in leadership took all the land. we need a revolution to resolve these.

  • @edukartel9279
    @edukartel9279 2 года назад

    Malty talent hakuna ku force...we need two episodes per week bro this is so sweet

  • @victoriamukami1488
    @victoriamukami1488 2 года назад

    Can't believe am watching this the third time. Can't get enough of it🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ivymwangi216
    @ivymwangi216 2 года назад +9

    That Paul mwite joke was funny😂

  • @iannjoroge1577
    @iannjoroge1577 2 года назад +1

    Woman of steel 🔥🔥. Abel peana stori ya Muamar Gadaffi

  • @kamauwillis3584
    @kamauwillis3584 2 года назад +1

    Baba Mumbus thanks coz this r things we should be reminding ourselves and we can even interact with our kids and educating them keep it up si kama the mkurugenzi followers we should plant a tree in remembrance of legend Wangari Maathai

  • @judymwangi3803
    @judymwangi3803 2 года назад +1

    How I have enjoyed this story..mkuru u did it.mob love

  • @tonnyndundahse69
    @tonnyndundahse69 2 года назад

    Thank you for Airing this story, we need to conserve our environment, you didn't mention kuna mtu alisema mvua haitoki Kwa misitu inatoka binguni during Mau evictions, now some people are blocking roads ati river is drying, nature is very powerful and unforgiving, thank you for the enlightenment.

  • @jacksonjanet9846
    @jacksonjanet9846 2 года назад +8

    Thanks for narrating this story I have learned alot.Everyone should plant a tree.

    • @harrymaina1367
      @harrymaina1367 2 года назад +1

      Yes we need a public holiday of 3 days for only planting trees and the govt should allocate pple to water the trees till maturity level.

  • @KIM-xl6zs
    @KIM-xl6zs 2 года назад +7

    Great story telling skills but there is so much you left out, I was a member of green belt movement back in 2009, when I was in university, we met wangari and she gave us a speech which moved us to bits, that lady was a lioness, my grandmother also was a member of the greenbelt but they had a different name (kikuyu), wangaris ORGANISATION skills were really good, her organisation was even in the villages, you should visit her daughter and another lady who was of Caribbean decent whom they ran the organisation with, she was old but i hope she is still alive

    • @stanleykamanguya3211
      @stanleykamanguya3211 2 года назад

      What is the Gikuyu name?

    • @zuwapviral9079
      @zuwapviral9079 2 года назад +1

      Boss this is his story. He knows best why he chose to focus on the topic he spoke about. Relax

  • @hughpaschalkiogora7657
    @hughpaschalkiogora7657 2 года назад

    Nice story as usual..very real and true...wangari shall forever remain the heroine of this planet.

  • @hellenkinyi3087
    @hellenkinyi3087 2 года назад

    I love this series, lakin hi imenitouch deadly. Makofi Wangari Maathai! Ahsante for telling it amazingly

  • @motivationfuel8
    @motivationfuel8 2 года назад +5

    That "asante sana" by Dj Afro...Nice. 😂

  • @gladysmamatwins1019
    @gladysmamatwins1019 2 года назад

    All day without mkurugenzi makes me dull.
    Sasa hizo enzi wakitafuta sharp guys, where was my grandfather 🤣🤣

  • @mosehkim2807
    @mosehkim2807 2 года назад +2

    Keep making it more consistent. Ju nishamaliza all your your last episodes.. Great work🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Wealthunters01
    @Wealthunters01 2 года назад

    Good job Mukurugenzi!!!! Wacha nikushow kitu..... Hao vijana walikua wametolewa kawangware..... One of the leaders was our neighbor
    But am proud of Prof. Wangari Maathai for her zeal to protect us by protecting our environment

  • @edwinrodgers4659
    @edwinrodgers4659 6 месяцев назад

    Am watching this for the third time. Leta season 2 ya high on heroines

  • @wairimu8611
    @wairimu8611 2 года назад

    These episodes are making me sound so intelligent sometimes when I quote things I heard from these High on heroines! Lol
    I so love the work that goes into your storytelling. You really put in the work... Thank you for really valuing us enough to give us such content...Keep on.

  • @kimani_Msoo
    @kimani_Msoo 2 года назад +4

    It's the editing for me. the story is awesome

  • @capitanwambua2748
    @capitanwambua2748 2 года назад

    I love aviation stories as much as you do mkuruu, one of these days nitakuja tupige stori moja moto

  • @rehemabaya8802
    @rehemabaya8802 2 года назад +4

    Great story told wonderfully. It is, however, increasingly difficult to listen to. If Wangari saw Uhuru Park and the Karura forest today, how would she feel?

  • @martinez_andrian4891
    @martinez_andrian4891 2 года назад +1

    The future of the planet concerns all of us, and all of us should do what we can to protect it

  • @givenskachero7098
    @givenskachero7098 2 года назад +1

    This story is sooo emotional. Thanks for these stories

  • @janaleokesho8374
    @janaleokesho8374 2 года назад

    ONE Of OUR OWN.WANGARI MAATHAI, HIGH ON HEROINES.Mkurungenzi 🔥🔥🔥.Land system was messed by our greedy selfish leaders,Now it has catched up with us 😭.Big country full of landless Citizens and destroyed ecosystem.

  • @francie8234
    @francie8234 2 года назад +1

    "when you decide to do something the universe conspires to support you" may she rest in peace

  • @kitikisam_the_barber2561
    @kitikisam_the_barber2561 2 года назад

    Your humility is just astounding

  • @marygitau5098
    @marygitau5098 2 года назад +1

    My favourite channel
    We need more African stories

  • @kenyangirlswithgardens8540
    @kenyangirlswithgardens8540 2 года назад +3

    Wooww 🔥🔥🔥🔥. The wait was worthwhile! Mkuru is the G

  • @jmaina752
    @jmaina752 2 года назад +2

    "Asanta saaaana" voice effect, by DJ Afro caught us off guard 😂😂😂😂😂🔥🙌

  • @capitanwambua2748
    @capitanwambua2748 2 года назад

    The only channel that has no dislike, not even a single one.
    Makofi kwa Mkurugenzi Mkuu, na Wangari Maathai