write about the lifestyle of African pastoralist
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Over half of the world’s pastoral papulation lives in Africa.
Even now, over 22 million Africans depend on some forms of pastoral activities for their livelihood.
The three features of the life of African pastoralists are
(i) Some important pastoral communities of Africa include Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai, Somali, Boran and Turkana, etc.
(ii) Most of them now live in the semi-arid grasslands or arid deserts where rainfed agriculture is difficult.
(iii) They raise cattle, camels, goats, sheep and donkey. Their main occupation is selling milk, meat, animal skin and wool. They also earn through trade and transport, some types of agricultural activities and also variety of odd jobs.
By doing all these jobs, the pastoralists are trying to supplement their meagre and uncertain earnings from pastoralism.
( ) Currently more than 22 Million pastoralists live in Africa.
( ) Pastoral Communities in africa - Massai, Bedounis etc.
( ) Traditionally their land stretched over vast are but after the colonial rule, their land shrieked. Their land was bounded with borders and pastoral life became Worsened day by day.
( ) The pastoral society was divided into 2 groups I. E the elders and the warriors. Due to the influence of colonial rule is was also disturbed as they appointed chiefs of the villages.
( ) As a conclusion most of the pastoralists started doing odd jobs. Some of them shifted to towns and took loans. The luckier would get job in Construction work.