Who were pastoralists? how their life was different from other tribal communities ? What was the impact of colonial rule on the life of pastoralists.
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Pastoralists are communities which rely on herding to subsist. Pastoralists keep animals like cattle,goats,sheep and camels.
Pastoralists do not engage in agriculture.
An example of a a pastoralist community are the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania.
Colonial rule had a significant impact on the lives of pastoralists.
Their cattle was taken away and they were driven from their ancestral land.
The number of animals they could own was also restricted.
These measures forced some of them to become farmers.
They could no longer travel freely in search of pasture and water.
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