Question

how did the drought affect the pastoral life in africa during colonial periodic

Answer 1

When rain fail and pastures are dry, cattle are likely to starve unless they can be moved to areas where forage is available. Maasai herders were cut off from the best grazing lands and forced to live within a semi-arid tract prone to frequent droughts. Since they could not shift their cattle to places where pasture were available, large numbers of Maasai cattle died of starvation and disease in these years of drought. In just two years of severe drought, 1933 and 1934, over half the cattle in Maasai Reserve died. The frequent bad years led to a steady decline of the animal stock of the pastoralists.

Answer 2

1)starvation of cattle

2)decline of animal stock

3) crisis for animal stock