(i) New laws and new borders affected the pattern of their movement. With increasing restriction on their mobility, pastoralists find it difficult to move in search of pastures. (ii) As pasturelands disappeared, grazing became a problem and pasture deteriorated creating empty space for grazing. (ii)Read more
(i) New laws and new borders affected the pattern of their movement. With increasing restriction on their mobility, pastoralists find it difficult to move in search of pastures.
(ii) As pasturelands disappeared, grazing became a problem and pasture deteriorated creating empty space for grazing.
(ii) During times of drought their cattle died in large number.
(i) The chiefs appointed by the colonial government often accumulated Wealth over time. (ii) They had a regular income with which they could buy animals, goods and land. (iii) They lent money to poor neighbours who needed cash to pay taxes. Many of them began living in town and became traders. (iv)Read more
(i) The chiefs appointed by the colonial government often accumulated Wealth over time.
(ii) They had a regular income with which they could buy animals, goods and land.
(iii) They lent money to poor neighbours who needed cash to pay taxes. Many of them began living in town and became traders.
(iv) Their wives and children stayed back in villages to look after the animals.
(v) These chiefs managed to survive the devastations of war and drought.
(vi) They had both pastoral and non-pastoral income and could buy animals where their stock was depleted.
(i) Pastoralists were not allowed to enter the markets in white areas. (ii) In many regions, they were prohibited from participating in any, form of trade. (iii) White settlers and European colonists saw pastoralists as dangerous and savage people with whom all contact had to be minimised. (iv) cuttRead more
(i) Pastoralists were not allowed to enter the markets in white areas.
(ii) In many regions, they were prohibited from participating in any, form of
trade.
(iii) White settlers and European colonists saw pastoralists as dangerous and savage people with whom all contact had to be minimised.
(iv) cutting off all links was, however, never really possible, because white colonists were dependent on black labour for boring mines and building roads and towns.
(v) Those who were found to be guilty of disobeying the rules were severely punished.
(i) The title Maasai derives from the word 'Maa'. 'Ma-Sai' means 'My People'’. (ii) The Maasais are traditionally nomadic and pastoral people who depend on milk and meat for subsistence. (iii) High temperatures combine with low rainfall to create conditions which are dry dusty and extremely hot. (ivRead more
(i) The title Maasai derives from the word ‘Maa’. ‘Ma-Sai’ means ‘My People’’.
(ii) The Maasais are traditionally nomadic and pastoral people who depend on milk and meat for subsistence.
(iii) High temperatures combine with low rainfall to create conditions which
are dry dusty and extremely hot.
(iv) Drought conditions are common in this semi-arid land of equatorial heat.
(v) During such times pastoral animals die in large numbers’
(i) In Africa, where over half of the world's pastoral population lives, even today 22 million Africans depend on some form of pastoral activity for their livelihood. (ii) They include communities like Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai, Somali, Boran and Turkana. (iii) Most of them now live in the semi-aridRead more
(i) In Africa, where over half of the world’s pastoral population lives, even today 22 million Africans depend on some form of pastoral activity for their livelihood.
(ii) They include communities like Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai, Somali, Boran and Turkana.
(iii) Most of them now live in the semi-arid grasslands or arid deserts where rained agriculture is difficult.
(iv) They raise cattle, camels, goats, sheep and donkeys; and they sell milk, meat, animal skin and wool. (v) Some of them also earn through trade and transport, others combine pastoral activity with agriculture, still others do a variety of odd jobs to supplement their meagre and uncertain earnings from pastoralism.
Do you think pastoral community of the world can be affected by all the incoming modern changes in the lifestyles?
(i) New laws and new borders affected the pattern of their movement. With increasing restriction on their mobility, pastoralists find it difficult to move in search of pastures. (ii) As pasturelands disappeared, grazing became a problem and pasture deteriorated creating empty space for grazing. (ii)Read more
(i) New laws and new borders affected the pattern of their movement. With increasing restriction on their mobility, pastoralists find it difficult to move in search of pastures.
See less(ii) As pasturelands disappeared, grazing became a problem and pasture deteriorated creating empty space for grazing.
(ii) During times of drought their cattle died in large number.
How did chiefs of African tribes accumulate wealth over time, during colonial rule?
(i) The chiefs appointed by the colonial government often accumulated Wealth over time. (ii) They had a regular income with which they could buy animals, goods and land. (iii) They lent money to poor neighbours who needed cash to pay taxes. Many of them began living in town and became traders. (iv)Read more
(i) The chiefs appointed by the colonial government often accumulated Wealth over time.
See less(ii) They had a regular income with which they could buy animals, goods and land.
(iii) They lent money to poor neighbours who needed cash to pay taxes. Many of them began living in town and became traders.
(iv) Their wives and children stayed back in villages to look after the animals.
(v) These chiefs managed to survive the devastations of war and drought.
(vi) They had both pastoral and non-pastoral income and could buy animals where their stock was depleted.
What kinds of relations were made with pastoralists by European settlers in Africa?
(i) Pastoralists were not allowed to enter the markets in white areas. (ii) In many regions, they were prohibited from participating in any, form of trade. (iii) White settlers and European colonists saw pastoralists as dangerous and savage people with whom all contact had to be minimised. (iv) cuttRead more
(i) Pastoralists were not allowed to enter the markets in white areas.
See less(ii) In many regions, they were prohibited from participating in any, form of
trade.
(iii) White settlers and European colonists saw pastoralists as dangerous and savage people with whom all contact had to be minimised.
(iv) cutting off all links was, however, never really possible, because white colonists were dependent on black labour for boring mines and building roads and towns.
(v) Those who were found to be guilty of disobeying the rules were severely punished.
Who were Maasais?
(i) The title Maasai derives from the word 'Maa'. 'Ma-Sai' means 'My People'’. (ii) The Maasais are traditionally nomadic and pastoral people who depend on milk and meat for subsistence. (iii) High temperatures combine with low rainfall to create conditions which are dry dusty and extremely hot. (ivRead more
(i) The title Maasai derives from the word ‘Maa’. ‘Ma-Sai’ means ‘My People’’.
See less(ii) The Maasais are traditionally nomadic and pastoral people who depend on milk and meat for subsistence.
(iii) High temperatures combine with low rainfall to create conditions which
are dry dusty and extremely hot.
(iv) Drought conditions are common in this semi-arid land of equatorial heat.
(v) During such times pastoral animals die in large numbers’
What do you know about pastoralists communities of Africa?
(i) In Africa, where over half of the world's pastoral population lives, even today 22 million Africans depend on some form of pastoral activity for their livelihood. (ii) They include communities like Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai, Somali, Boran and Turkana. (iii) Most of them now live in the semi-aridRead more
(i) In Africa, where over half of the world’s pastoral population lives, even today 22 million Africans depend on some form of pastoral activity for their livelihood.
See less(ii) They include communities like Bedouins, Berbers, Maasai, Somali, Boran and Turkana.
(iii) Most of them now live in the semi-arid grasslands or arid deserts where rained agriculture is difficult.
(iv) They raise cattle, camels, goats, sheep and donkeys; and they sell milk, meat, animal skin and wool. (v) Some of them also earn through trade and transport, others combine pastoral activity with agriculture, still others do a variety of odd jobs to supplement their meagre and uncertain earnings from pastoralism.