Question

Describe any 3 reasons for the shrinking of pastureland in Africa.

Answer 1

The Maasai community have lost their grazing lands due to the following reasons:

1. The lives of the African pastoralists have changed drastically in the Colonial and postcolonial phases. In the 19th Century the European powers were fighting for colonies. The occupied several regions which were divided by multiple International borders between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.

 

2. In 1885, Maasais land were divided between the British and the Germans. The Maasai community was pushed into a small area in South Kenya and North Tanzania which considerably reduced their grazing lands.

 

3. From the late 19th century, The British colonial rulers promoted cultivation on pasture lands. The movement of herders were restricted in the settlements. The Maasais therefore lost their grazing areas.

 

 

4.The Maasais were forced to live in a dry area where there was a little water and poor pasture. They could not graze their herds in such areas.

 

5. The British converted many forest into game reserves like the Masai Mara, Serengeti national park and Samburu National Park. This led to fall in pasture lands.

 

 

6. The Masai community was not left with many Pasture tracts as a result their livestock declined and their economic condition became worse.
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