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"Images of distressed members of the Maasai community being forcibly moved from
their homes, beaten and harassed by police and the army in northern Tanzania in
June set social media alight with concern. Activists have since voiced their
anger over land and human rights, and they have good reason to do so.
The Maasai live in Kenya and Tanzania. Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, many
have now settled and diversified their livelihoods.
But they have long been on a collision course with government. This has been
the case with both colonial and post-colonial governments. And it’s largely
because they live in areas wanted by the administration for other uses. One of
these is wildlife conservation – for it is (wrongly) believed that people
cannot co-exist with wildlife.
In northern Tanzania, the government is trying to evict thousands of Maasai
from the Ngorongoro and Loliondo region to make way for tourists, wildlife and
big game hunting. These are lands in which people live alongside wildlife, and
which border protected wildlife areas.
It’s a situation that’s all too familiar."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
