Tepilit ole saitoti biography sample
The worlds of a Maasai warrior : an autobiography : Saitoti ....
From the Archive | Origin Stories
In this never-before-released archival lecture from 1980, Maasai warrior, author, and Leakey Foundation grantee Tepilit Ole Saitoti discusses the Maasai culture and the challenges facing the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania.
The Maasai are semi-nomadic pastoralist people who live in Kenya and Tanzania.
Tepilit ole saitoti biography sample
It’s estimated that there are over one million Maasai living today.
They make their living by herding sheep, goats, and cows. They move with the seasons to graze their herds. Their culture is centered around cattle, and their cultural traditions reach back thousands of years.
In the early 1900s, soon after the British first colonized East Africa, the Maasai lost around 60% of their traditional lands in a series of treaties.
In the decades after that, they lost more land as the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments established National Parks and wildlife preserves.
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