Question

What percentage of the grazing lands did Maasai lose when European imperial powers divided Africa into different colonies?

• A. $50$%
• B. $49$%
• C. $80$%
• D. $60$%

Answer 1

The correct option is D $60$%

• The Maasais were a community of cattle herders who lived primarily in East Africa.
• In the nineteenth century, European imperial powers captured Africa and scrambled for territorial possessions.
• They drew up boundaries and took over the land that was hitherto occupied by the Maasais.
• In this division, the Maasai's lost about 60% of their pre-colonial lands.