Question

How did the measures intriduced by the british to administer the affairs of the Maasai changes the lives of the Maasai chiefs?

Answer 1

1) The British appointed chiefs of different sub-groups of Maasai in order to have contacts with the tribe.
2) They advanced money to poor people for paying taxes.
3) Many of them started living in towns and engaged in trade.
4) These chiefs coped to outlive the destructions of war and drought.
5) They had both pastoral and non-pastoral income, and could buy animals even when their livestock was minimal.