Question

Give reasons to explain why the Massai community lose their grazing lands?..
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Answer 1

Answer:

European, countries scrambled for possession of territories in Africa and sliced up the region into different colonies. In 1885, Maasail and was cut into half with an international boundary between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.Subsequently, grazing lands were taken over for White settlement and the Maasai were pushed into a small area in South Kenya and North Tanganyika. The Maasai lost about 60% of their precolonial lands. Encouragement was given by the British colonial government in East Africa to peasant communities to expand cultivation and pasture lands were converted into cultivated fields. Large areas of grazing land were also turned into game reserves like the Maasai Mara and Samburu National Park in Kenya and Serengeti Park in Tanganyika. Pastoralists were not allowed to enter these reserves. They could neither hunt animals nor graze herds in these areas. Very often these reserves were in areas that had traditionally been regular grazing grounds for Maasai herds.  

Answer 2

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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