(“Sovereign Portrait features Wangari Maathi with a radiant, “unbowed” expression, her brow kissed by the warmth of the East African sun. She is dressed in vibrant, earth-toned Kenyan kitenge, holding a single sapling as if it were a scepter. Surrounding her is a lush, rhythmic canopy of indigenous fig and flame trees, their leaves shimmering… Continue reading Black HERstory: Wangari Maathai
