The Maasai and agents of change

"A rare opportunity to see life among the Maasai as filmed by one of their own warriors. The filmmaker and narrator is a Maasai who is studying at a United States college. He returned to Kenya to film the lifestyles and colorful ceremonies of his people before their culture becomes extinct. We...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamisi, Kakuta Ole Maimai
Corporate Author: Filmakers Library, inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Filmakers Library 2001, 2001
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"A rare opportunity to see life among the Maasai as filmed by one of their own warriors. The filmmaker and narrator is a Maasai who is studying at a United States college. He returned to Kenya to film the lifestyles and colorful ceremonies of his people before their culture becomes extinct. We learn that the traditional pastoral and nomadic life is under attack by outside forces who want to impose a money economy and privatize the land."--Original container
Physical Description:1 online resource (33 min.)