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1.

Being Maasai: Ethnicity & Identity in East Africa » Read Now
by Thomas Spear, Richard Waller. 324 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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The Maasai of Matapato: A Study of Rituals of Rebellion » Read Now
by Paul Spencer. 298 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The analysis is...
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When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The analysis is illustrated with extensive case material from the Matapato, selected for this study as a typical Maasai group.
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Time, Space, and the Unknown: Maasai Configurations of Power & Providence » Read Now
by Paul Spencer. 288 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Uncertainty is an everyday aspect of existence for the Maasai of East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune in their small and dispersed villages, and place community life in the hands of elders whose collective wisdom is underpinned by a belief in a moral, supreme and...
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Uncertainty is an everyday aspect of existence for the Maasai of East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune in their small and dispersed villages, and place community life in the hands of elders whose collective wisdom is underpinned by a belief in a moral, supreme and unknowably provident god. This stability is, however, edged with concern for secret malcontents who might seek to create havoc through sorcery and whose elusive magic lies outside the elders' power. Time, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapato and The Samburu to show how uncertainty and misfortune influence the social life of the Maasai.
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From True Dorobo to Mukogodo Maasai: Contested Ethnicity in Kenya, in Ethnology » Read Now
by Lee Cronk. 24 pgs.

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...Mukogodo acquisition of Maasai subsistence patterns, language, and culture. Mukogodo themselves...aspects of his or her culture, but also information...status. Pastoral...
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The Maasai's Education and Empowerment: Challenges of a Migrant Lifestyle, in Childhood Education » Read Now
by Navaz Peshotan Bhavnagri, Jacqueline S. Phillips. 6 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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The Ecology of Survival: Case Studies from Northeast African History (Chap. 3 "Emutai: Crisis and Response in Maasailand 1883-1902") » Read Now
by David M. Anderson, Douglas H. Johnson. 339 pgs.

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Development among Africa's Migratory Pastoralists ("Maasai Migrations" begins on p. 33) » Read Now
by Aggrey Ayuen Majok, Calvin W. Schwabe. 290 pgs.

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Beginning with the Sahelian drought of the 1970s, through the complex succession of catastrophes in Ethiopia, and continuing tragedies of Somalia and the Southern Sudan, the plights of Africa's more than 30 million migratory pastoralists receive bursts of international television coverage and...
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Beginning with the Sahelian drought of the 1970s, through the complex succession of catastrophes in Ethiopia, and continuing tragedies of Somalia and the Southern Sudan, the plights of Africa's more than 30 million migratory pastoralists receive bursts of international television coverage and emergency aid, yet the underlying problems within their largely marginal lands remain unresolved. Virtually all past approaches and specific attempts at development among them have failed. A prominent problem has been inabilities of involved persons within diverse disciplines to communicate effectively with one another and to cooperate. In addressing this continent-wide problem, the authors adopt a practical approach and provide sufficient detail to illustrate its likelihood to achieve positive results within the severe constraints of available resources and other current realities. They propose, for the first time, meaningful and realistic possibilities for bettering the lives of these numerous peoples in ways they themselves would desire.
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Revealing Prophets: Prophecy in Eastern African History (Chap. Two "Kidongoi's Kin Prophecy & Power in Maasailand") » Read Now
by David M. Anderson, Douglas H. Johnson. 310 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Beidelman ed. , The Translation of Culture London, 1971 . M. Ruel...ii 1976 . J. L. Berntsen, "Maasai age-sets and prophetic leadership: 1850-1910...wide array of powers...
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The Maasai Ornithorium: Tropic Flights of Avian Imagination in Africa, in Ethnology » Read Now
by John G. Galaty. 12 pgs.

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...in relation to a circumcision process central to Maasai culture? Specifically, why do Maasai initiates kill birds...1966. The Savage Mind. Chicago. Mol, F. 1996. Maasai...
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Recent Trends and Implications of Group Ranch Sub-Division and Fragmentation in Kajiado District, Kenya, in The Geographical Journal » Read Now
by Kamau Kimani, John Pickard. 53 pgs.

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...process of the individualization of landownership among the Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado District, Kenya, 1890-1990. Saarbrucken...Dev. 14: 162-77. Sperling, L. and...
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Individualism Versus Collectivism: a Comparison of Kenyan and American Self-Concepts, in Basic and Applied Social Psychology » Read Now
by Vaunne Ma, Thomas J. Schoeneman. 16 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...from individuated American culture and that the self-concepts...employed in Nairobi, 80% for Maasai Kenyans, and 84% for Samburu...intended to meet with Samburu and Maasai...
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Women's Income and the Livelihood Strategies of Dispossessed Pastoralists Near the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania, in Human Ecology » Read Now
by Daniel Brockington. 32 pgs.

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...Pastoralism in Africa: Gender, Culture and the Myth of the Patriarchal...and Walter, R. (eds.), Being Maasai. Ethnicity and Identity in...and the reconfiguration of Maasai...
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Surviving Drought & Development: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya (Discussion of the Maasai begins on p. 114) » Read Now
by Elliot Fratkin. 152 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Producing Nature and Poverty in Africa (Discussion of the Maasai begins on p. 148) » Read Now
by Vigdis Broch-Due, Richard A. Schroeder. 350 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library