what struggle did Maasai community have while the lost their grazing land??
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struggles of maa sai community -
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.
their land was divided ...they lost their means of livelihood . they lost theri cattle .
theri life became difficult .
the remaining land went into a game reserve arising the situation
In the late nineteenth century, in what would be knowns as the ‘scramble for Africa’, European imperial powers slicing up the region into different colonies with little to no regard about the local sentiments. In 1885, the land of the Maasai, Maasailand, was cut into half with an international boundary between British Kenya and German Tanzania. As a result, the best grazing lands were reserved for white settlers with Maasai being pushed into a small area in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
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 Tanzania. Pastoralists were not allowed to enter these reserves; they could neither hunt animals nor graze their herds in these areas.