The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior

The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior
Author: Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1986
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520063259


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Recounts the author's traditional childhood, adolescence, and coming into manhood in Maasailand and of his education in Europe and America.

The Last Maasai Warriors

The Last Maasai Warriors
Author: Jackson Ntirkana
Publisher: Greystone Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2012-08-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1927435013


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How two young Maasai tribesmen became warriors, scholars, and leaders in their community and to the world. They are living testament to a vanishing way of life on the African savannah. Wilson and Jackson are two brave warriors of the Maasai, an intensely proud culture built on countless generations steeped in the mystique of tradition, legend and prophecy. They represent the final generation to literally fight for their way of life, coming of age by proving their bravery in the slaying of a lion. They are the last of the great warriors. Yet, as the first generation to fully embrace the modern ways and teachings of Western civilization, the two warriors have adapted — at times seamlessly, at times with unimaginable difficulty -- in order to help their people. They strive to preserve a disappearing culture, protecting the sanctity of their elders while paving the way for future generations. At this watershed moment in their history, the warriors carry the weight of their forbearers while embracing contemporary culture and technology. While their struggle to achieve this balance unfolds exquisitely in this story, their discoveries resonate well beyond the Maasai Mara.

Warrior Princess

Warrior Princess
Author: Mindy Budgor
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0762796618


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Only the combination of cultural curiosity, passion, fearlessness and a set of Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck could lead a sane human being to buy a one-way ticket to Nairobi and face probable death in an effort to become the world’s first female Maasai warrior. Warrior Princess is the funny and inspirational memoir of Mindy Budgor, a young entrepreneur tired of having a job to have a job, who decides to make changes in her life. While waiting for her Business School applications to go through, she decides to volunteer in Africa, building schools and hospitals in the Maasai Mara. While living and working with the Maasai, Mindy talks to the chief and asks him why there are no women warriors. The chief responds simply and derisively: because women are not strong enough or brave enough. Mindy immediately realizes her calling and thus begins her amazing adventure to become the first female Maasai warrior. As a result of this training and advocacy, the Maasai in Loita, Kenya are leading the charge to change tribal law to allow women to become Maasai warriors. Mindy as a tribe member is ready to return to stand with her fellow warriors against whatever opposition they might face – be it lions, or elephants, or Western influence.

Among the Maasai

Among the Maasai
Author: Juliet Cutler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1631526731


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In 1999, Juliet Cutler leaves the United States to teach at the first school for Maasai girls in East Africa. Captivated by the stories of young Maasai women determined to get an education in the midst of a culture caught between the past and the future, she seeks to empower and support her students as they struggle to define their own fates. Cutler soon learns that behind their shy smiles and timid facades, her Maasai students are much stronger than they appear. For them, adolescence requires navigating a risky world of forced marriages, rape, and genital cutting, all in the midst of a culture grappling with globalization. In the face of these challenges, these young women believe education offers hope, and so, against all odds, they set off alone―traveling hundreds of miles and even forsaking their families―simply to go to school. Twenty years of involvement with this school and its students reveal to Cutler the important impacts of education across time, as well as the challenges inherent in tackling issues of human rights and extreme poverty across vastly different cultures. Working alongside local educators, Cutler emerges transformed by the community she finds in Tanzania and by witnessing the life-changing impact of education on her students. Proceeds from the sale of this book support education for at-risk Maasai girls.

Facing the Lion

Facing the Lion
Author: Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2009-09-30
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426306679


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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his mischievous antics as a young Maasai cattle herder, coming-of-age initiation, boarding school escapades, soccer success, and journey to America for college. Lekuton's riveting text combines exotic details of nomadic life with the universal experience and emotions of a growing boy.

Maasai

Maasai
Author: Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990
Genre: Africa, East
ISBN: 9780810980990


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"Named for the language they speak--Maa, a distinct but unwritten African tongue--the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania still live much as they did thousands of years ago, herding cattle, sheep, and goats and existing in harmony with their peaceful environment in and around the Great Rift Valley. Tall, proud, aristocratic in bearing and manner, these handsome people have made their way into the twentieth century with their ancient customs and the structure of their society preserved to an unusual extent. For the first time ever, this book--a kind of autobiography, since it is written by a Maasai--documents their living story. It recounts the ancient legends, reveals the songs and prayers, and vividly describes the stages of life for a Maasai: childhood, initiation, warrior rank, and finally elderhood."--Publisher's description.

The Art of the Maasai

The Art of the Maasai
Author: Gillies Turle
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1992
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:


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Feeling and the rhythm of the Kenya he has come to know, from the Ngong Hills and the Great Rift Valley to the Magadi Flats and the Aberdare Range. During the ten years of his friendship with the Maasai, they revealed to him their past and the hidden heart of their world. He describes their ceremonies and rituals, and the ways in which they have retained their own culture. He tells how they shielded themselves from the outside world until, in recent years, the Kenyan.

Born in Africa

Born in Africa
Author: Martin Meredith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857206672


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Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers about the origins of humankind and the dawn of civilisation. Through a century of archaeological investigation, scientists have transformed our understanding of the beginnings of human life, although vital clues still remain hidden. In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows the trail of discoveries about our human origins made by scientists over the last hundred years, as well as describing the history of scholarship in this incredibly exciting field. He relates the intense rivalries, personal feuds and fierce controversies that shaped the study and perception of Africa, and recounts the feats of skill and endurance that have illuminated thousands of years of human evolution. The results have been momentous. Scientists have identified more than twenty species of extinct humans and firmly established Africa as the birthplace not only of humankind, but also of our own species: homo sapiens, the modern human. Scientific study has revealed how early technology, language ability and artistic endeavour all originated in Africa, and scientists have shown how, in an exodus sixty thousand years ago, small groups of Africans left their birthplace to populate the rest of the world. We all have an African legacy, and in this fascinating and informative book Martin Meredith leads us back to the place where we have rediscovered our common human heritage.

Warrior Boy

Warrior Boy
Author: Virginia Clay
Publisher: Chicken House
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 1911490613


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Ben is sure he won't be accepted by his estranged Maasai family, but when he arrives in Kenya, he finds there is a lot more at stake than his pride ... In a stunning adventure, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery as he sets out to claim his true place in the world.

The White Masai

The White Masai
Author: Corinne Hofmann
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0061131520


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This page-turning tale puts an African spin on "Not Without My Daughter" when a woman abandons her business, family, and own country to follow a Masai warrior. 8-page color photo insert.