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Among the Maasai

Juliet Cutler
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Author : Juliet Cutler
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631526732

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Among the Maasai by Juliet Cutler Pdf

In 1999, Juliet Cutler leaves the United States to teach at the first school for Maasai girls in East Africa. Captivated by the stories of young Maasai women determined to get an education in the midst of a culture caught between the past and the future, she seeks to empower and support her students as they struggle to define their own fates. Cutler soon learns that behind their shy smiles and timid facades, her Maasai students are much stronger than they appear. For them, adolescence requires navigating a risky world of forced marriages, rape, and genital cutting, all in the midst of a culture grappling with globalization. In the face of these challenges, these young women believe education offers hope, and so, against all odds, they set off alone―traveling hundreds of miles and even forsaking their families―simply to go to school. Twenty years of involvement with this school and its students reveal to Cutler the important impacts of education across time, as well as the challenges inherent in tackling issues of human rights and extreme poverty across vastly different cultures. Working alongside local educators, Cutler emerges transformed by the community she finds in Tanzania and by witnessing the life-changing impact of education on her students. Proceeds from the sale of this book support education for at-risk Maasai girls.

Being Maasai

Thomas Spear,Richard Waller
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Author : Thomas Spear,Richard Waller
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1993-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821445686

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Being Maasai by Thomas Spear,Richard Waller Pdf

Everyone “knows” the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania. But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have “become” something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today. This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.

The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior

Tepilit Ole Saitoti
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Author : Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0520063252

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The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior by Tepilit Ole Saitoti Pdf

Recounts the author's traditional childhood, adolescence, and coming into manhood in Maasailand and of his education in Europe and America.

Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous

Dorothy L. Hodgson
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Author : Dorothy L. Hodgson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253000910

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Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous by Dorothy L. Hodgson Pdf

What happens to marginalized groups from Africa when they ally with the indigenous peoples' movement? Who claims to be indigenous and why? Dorothy L. Hodgson explores how indigenous identity, both in concept and in practice, plays out in the context of economic liberalization, transnational capitalism, state restructuring, and political democratization. Hodgson brings her long experience with Maasai to her understanding of the shifting contours of their contemporary struggles for recognition, representation, rights, and resources. Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous is a deep and sensitive reflection on the possibilities and limits of transnational advocacy and the dilemmas of political action, civil society, and change in Maasai communities.

The Last Maasai Warriors

Jackson Ntirkana,Wilson Meikuaya
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Author : Jackson Ntirkana,Wilson Meikuaya
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781927435014

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The Last Maasai Warriors by Jackson Ntirkana,Wilson Meikuaya Pdf

How two young Maasai tribesmen became warriors, scholars, and leaders in their community and to the world. They are living testament to a vanishing way of life on the African savannah. Wilson and Jackson are two brave warriors of the Maasai, an intensely proud culture built on countless generations steeped in the mystique of tradition, legend and prophecy. They represent the final generation to literally fight for their way of life, coming of age by proving their bravery in the slaying of a lion. They are the last of the great warriors. Yet, as the first generation to fully embrace the modern ways and teachings of Western civilization, the two warriors have adapted — at times seamlessly, at times with unimaginable difficulty -- in order to help their people. They strive to preserve a disappearing culture, protecting the sanctity of their elders while paving the way for future generations. At this watershed moment in their history, the warriors carry the weight of their forbearers while embracing contemporary culture and technology. While their struggle to achieve this balance unfolds exquisitely in this story, their discoveries resonate well beyond the Maasai Mara.

My Maasai Life

Robin Wiszowaty
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Author : Robin Wiszowaty
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781553658238

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My Maasai Life by Robin Wiszowaty Pdf

Growing up in suburban Illinois, Robin Wiszowaty leads a typical middle-class American life. Hers is a world of gleaming shopping malls, congested freeways, and neighborhood gossip. But from an early age, she has longed to break free of this existence and discover something deeper. What it is, she doesn't quite know. Yet she knows in her heart there simply has to be more. Through a fortunate twist of fate, Robin seizes an opportunity to travel to rural Kenya and join an impoverished Maasai community. Suddenly her days are spent hauling water, evading giraffes, and living in a tiny hut made of cow dung with her adoptive family. She is forced to face issues she's never considered: extreme poverty, drought, female circumcision, corruption — and discovers love in the most unexpected places. In the open wilds of the dusty savannah, this Maasai life is one she could never have imagined.

14 Cows for America

Carmen Agra Deedy
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Author : Carmen Agra Deedy
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781682631119

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14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy Pdf

This New York Times bestseller recounts the true story of the touching gift bestowed on the US by the Maasai people in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In June of 2002, a mere nine months since the September 11 attacks, a very unusual ceremony begins in a far-flung village in western Kenya. An American diplomat is surrounded by hundreds of Maasai people. A gift is about to be bestowed upon the American men, women, and children, and he is there to accept it. The gift is as unexpected as it is extraordinary. Hearts are raw as these legendary Maasai warriors offer their gift to a grieving people half a world away. Word of the gift will travel newswires around the globe, and for the heartsick American nation, the gift of fourteen cows emerges from the choking dust and darkness as a soft light of hope―and friendship. With stunning paintings from Thomas Gonzalez, master storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy (in collaboration with Naiyomah) hits all the right notes in this elegant story of generosity that crosses boundaries, nations, and cultures.

Maasai

Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Maasai Book PDF

Author : Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Africa, East
ISBN : 0810980991

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Maasai by Tepilit Ole Saitoti Pdf

"Named for the language they speak--Maa, a distinct but unwritten African tongue--the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania still live much as they did thousands of years ago, herding cattle, sheep, and goats and existing in harmony with their peaceful environment in and around the Great Rift Valley. Tall, proud, aristocratic in bearing and manner, these handsome people have made their way into the twentieth century with their ancient customs and the structure of their society preserved to an unusual extent. For the first time ever, this book--a kind of autobiography, since it is written by a Maasai--documents their living story. It recounts the ancient legends, reveals the songs and prayers, and vividly describes the stages of life for a Maasai: childhood, initiation, warrior rank, and finally elderhood."--Publisher's description.

Maasai

Tiyambe Zeleza
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Author : Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher : New York : Rosen Publishing Group
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823917576

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Maasai by Tiyambe Zeleza Pdf

Looks at the history, culture, language, religion, music, and rituals of this East African people

The Last of the Maasai

Mohamed Amin,Duncan Willetts,John Eames
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Author : Mohamed Amin,Duncan Willetts,John Eames
Publisher : Struik Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040688694

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The Last of the Maasai by Mohamed Amin,Duncan Willetts,John Eames Pdf

This exquisitely beautiful series of books portrays the cultures, landscapes, fauna, flora and history of an individual country with over 150 stunning photographs and well-written and knowledgeable text. To nineteenth-century Europeans, they were the "noblest savages, " an elite corps of painted and feathered warriors, strangely aristocratic in their disdain of other people's civilization. For the Maasai, nothing has proved an inducement to change during the last 100 years: not peace for war; money for cattle; nor cities and settlement for the plains and open boundaries of their land covering much of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.

Maasai Days

Cheryl Bentsen,Cheryl Bensten
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Author : Cheryl Bentsen,Cheryl Bensten
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Maasai (African people)
ISBN : UCSC:32106018493178

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Maasai Days by Cheryl Bentsen,Cheryl Bensten Pdf

Fifty years after Isak Dinesen memoralized the Maasai in Out of Africa, journalist Cheryl Bentsen presents the personal story of her six-year relationship with these proud and independent people caught on the brink of modern civilization. In a book sure to appeal to anthropology, African history, and travel buffs, Bentsen illustrates how her Maasai friends are tyring to cope, and shows their abiding dignity in the face of fundamental change. Black-and-white photographs.

Warrior Princess

Mindy Budgor
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Author : Mindy Budgor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780762796618

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Warrior Princess by Mindy Budgor Pdf

Only the combination of cultural curiosity, passion, fearlessness and a set of Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck could lead a sane human being to buy a one-way ticket to Nairobi and face probable death in an effort to become the world’s first female Maasai warrior. Warrior Princess is the funny and inspirational memoir of Mindy Budgor, a young entrepreneur tired of having a job to have a job, who decides to make changes in her life. While waiting for her Business School applications to go through, she decides to volunteer in Africa, building schools and hospitals in the Maasai Mara. While living and working with the Maasai, Mindy talks to the chief and asks him why there are no women warriors. The chief responds simply and derisively: because women are not strong enough or brave enough. Mindy immediately realizes her calling and thus begins her amazing adventure to become the first female Maasai warrior. As a result of this training and advocacy, the Maasai in Loita, Kenya are leading the charge to change tribal law to allow women to become Maasai warriors. Mindy as a tribe member is ready to return to stand with her fellow warriors against whatever opposition they might face – be it lions, or elephants, or Western influence.

Narrating Nature

Mara Jill Goldman
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Author : Mara Jill Goldman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816539673

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Narrating Nature by Mara Jill Goldman Pdf

The current environmental crises demand that we revisit dominant approaches for understanding nature-society relations. Narrating Nature brings together various ways of knowing nature from differently situated Maasai and conservation practitioners and scientists into lively debate. It speaks to the growing movement within the academy and beyond on decolonizing knowledge about and relationships with nature, and debates within the social sciences on how to work across epistemologies and ontologies. It also speaks to a growing need within conservation studies to find ways to manage nature with people. This book employs different storytelling practices, including a traditional Maasai oral meeting—the enkiguena—to decenter conventional scientific ways of communicating about, knowing, and managing nature. Author Mara J. Goldman draws on more than two decades of deep ethnographic and ecological engagements in the semi-arid rangelands of East Africa—in landscapes inhabited by pastoral and agropastoral Maasai people and heavily utilized by wildlife. These iconic landscapes have continuously been subjected to boundary drawing practices by outsiders, separating out places for people (villages) from places for nature (protected areas). Narrating Nature follows the resulting boundary crossings that regularly occur—of people, wildlife, and knowledge—to expose them not as transgressions but as opportunities to complicate the categories themselves and create ontological openings for knowing and being with nature otherwise. Narrating Nature opens up dialogue that counters traditional conservation narratives by providing space for local Maasai inhabitants to share their ways of knowing and being with nature. It moves beyond standard community conservation narratives that see local people as beneficiaries or contributors to conservation, to demonstrate how they are essential knowledgeable members of the conservation landscape itself.

Beverly Hills Maasai

Eric Walters
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Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780385669047

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Beverly Hills Maasai by Eric Walters Pdf

In his sequel to Alexandria of Africa, Eric Walters brings exciting new characters to life, with the urban jungle of Los Angeles as their backdrop. It's the ultimate clash of cultures when Nebala, a Maasai warrior, leaves behind Kenya and, with two fellow Maasai, and crosses the world to compete in a marathon in the most famous zip code in the world: Beverly Hills, California. Reunited with their friend Alexandria, now their guide to strange, new surroundings, the trio are confronted with life in fast-paced, extravagant Beverly Hills, and customs and attitudes the Maasai find by turns baffling and amusing. Beverly Hill Maasai is another heartwarming, fast-paced, and thought-provoking novel from one of Canada's most popular young adult writers.

The Maasai of Matapato

Paul Spencer
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Author : Paul Spencer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134371662

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The Maasai of Matapato by Paul Spencer Pdf

When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The analysis is illustrated with extensive case material from the the Matapato, selected for this study as a typical Maasai group.