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RMJM’s effort on track to raise $1million for Africa’s Maasai
Senior executives from Edinburgh-based RMJM team up with some of Hollywood’s A list to protect a unique way of life that is under increasing threat. RMJM’s CEO, Peter Morrison and COO Declan Thomson were part of a 30-strong team drawn from the worlds of... Kenyan Police Brutally Attack Samburu Maasai Community
Since February 12, Kenyan government forces have launched a series of ongoing assaults on the indigenous Samburu people in the remote northern region of the country, using helicopter gunships and armed ground forces...Drought-ic action: 'Goat 'condoms' save Kenyan herds' (via BBC)
African farmers don't want to add to their livestock in times of drought.So "Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought" writes Ruth Nesoba (BBC News, Nairobi) in Goat... Tourism crash in Kenya threatens their big cats
Sadly, the big cats living in Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve are being threatened by a crash in Kenya's tourism revenue, as the reserve can no longer sustain a safe passage clause fo the endangered... Elephants with a fashion "sense"
"Elephants can tell whether a human is a friend or foe by their scent and colour of clothing, according to Fife experts. St Andrews University researchers found that elephants could recognise the degree of... Human Culture Offered at the Zoo
It is understood that the Maasai warriors, dressed in Western clothing, acting as guides and storytellers at the African savannah exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington,...
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2019 views | 38 recommendations | 10 comments
Maasai: A dispossessed community
"Images of some Maasai have been placed on the front pages of tourism brochures yet the community suffers the pain of a forgotten people. Unlike other communities that are used as national symbols of identity such as the Red Indians in the US and the Aborigines in...
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