Question

why did maasai'slose their grazing lands? explain??

Answer 1

• When in late nineteenth century, European imperial powers fought for territorial wealth in Africa, they segmented the erstwhile Maasailand in several parts
• The best grazing lands seized by white settlements and the Maasai were left within a small area of south Kenya and north Tanzania.
• They lost about 60 per cent of land of what they held before colonial times.
• The land they were thrust upon had unsure rainfall and meager pastures.
• The British colonial government from the late nineteenth century in east Africa, encouraged cultivation, that further ate up the lands of the Maasais
• Game reserves like that of the Maasai Mara and Samburu National Park in Kenya and Serengeti Park in Tanzania further shrunk their lands

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