give reason to explain why the Maasai community lost their grazing lands
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The Maasai community has 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 was divided between the British and the Germans. The Maasai community was pushed into a small area in southern 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 was restricted in the settlements.
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 was divided between the British and the Germans. The Maasai community was pushed into a small area in southern 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 was restricted in the settlements.
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The Maasais lost their grazing lands due to the following reasons:
→ In 1885, Maasai land was cut in half by an international boundary between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.
→ The best pastures were reserved for white settlements, and the Maasai tribes were given arid zone with uncertain rainfall and poor pastures into a small area in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
→ The British colonial government in East Africa also encouraged local peasant communities to expand cultivation. As cultivation expanded, pasturelands were turned into cultivated fields.
→ Large areas of grazing land were also turned into game reserves where pastoralists were not allowed to enter.
→ This lack of good grazing lands and a two-year drought led to losses of almost 60% cattle belonging to the Maasai tribes.
Thus, with the expansion of British colonization, the Maasai community lost their grazing lands
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→ In 1885, Maasai land was cut in half by an international boundary between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.
→ The best pastures were reserved for white settlements, and the Maasai tribes were given arid zone with uncertain rainfall and poor pastures into a small area in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
→ The British colonial government in East Africa also encouraged local peasant communities to expand cultivation. As cultivation expanded, pasturelands were turned into cultivated fields.
→ Large areas of grazing land were also turned into game reserves where pastoralists were not allowed to enter.
→ This lack of good grazing lands and a two-year drought led to losses of almost 60% cattle belonging to the Maasai tribes.
Thus, with the expansion of British colonization, the Maasai community lost their grazing lands
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