Download or read book A Tale of a Maasai Girl written by Grace Mesopirr Sicard and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tale of A Maasai Girl is one of he most unusual biographies of our day. The world knows of Maasai men, those proud hunters of the Kenyan Rift Valley pasturelands. But life is very different for their traditionally brought-up women.
Download or read book Among the Maasai written by Juliet Cutler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, Juliet Cutler leaves the United States to teach at the first school for Maasai girls in East Africa. Captivated by the stories of young Maasai women determined to get an education in the midst of a culture caught between the past and the future, she seeks to empower and support her students as they struggle to define their own fates. Cutler soon learns that behind their shy smiles and timid facades, her Maasai students are much stronger than they appear. For them, adolescence requires navigating a risky world of forced marriages, rape, and genital cutting, all in the midst of a culture grappling with globalization. In the face of these challenges, these young women believe education offers hope, and so, against all odds, they set off alone―traveling hundreds of miles and even forsaking their families―simply to go to school. Twenty years of involvement with this school and its students reveal to Cutler the important impacts of education across time, as well as the challenges inherent in tackling issues of human rights and extreme poverty across vastly different cultures. Working alongside local educators, Cutler emerges transformed by the community she finds in Tanzania and by witnessing the life-changing impact of education on her students. Proceeds from the sale of this book support education for at-risk Maasai girls.
Download or read book Maasai Angel written by Margaret C. Price and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Maasai Angel, a lyrical story for all ages, "emorata" (a Maasai rite of passage) looms unexpectedly over a young American girl's "journey of spirit" to a distant Maasai village. Compelled to choose between her family and her desire to follow her own path, Yambaine is not unlike Meredith, who also faces similar choices in "growing up" -- of playing life safe (thinking only of prom, Algebra grades and pretty skin) or expanding her awareness to include those who are outside her comfort zone. The hard-hitting, based-on-truth story bridges the Maasai and American cultures, making visible the all too often invisible Maasai girls who must choose between risking their lives at the fate of emorata or escaping to schools beyond the savannah. It is in this sense then that Maasai Angel speaks to all persons of consciousness who seek to build bridges between cultures and bring to light rituals and/or secrets that all too often mask human anguish, pain and fear. African artist Sue Stollberger's drawings of the Maasai heighten the impact of this story; Maasai Angel is inspired by the real-life adventures of Ruth Clemmens, an incredible blessing to all who know and love her. Margaret C. Price
Download or read book Imani s Moon written by Janay Brown-Wood and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Imani the tiny' the children tease her, but this young Maasai girl is determined to touch the moon. Her mother shares stories of others who have overcome challenges and managed great accomplishments always reminding Imani that 'it is only you who must believe.' This magical tale, with roots in the tradition of the adumu, a cultural jumping dance, is one strong and spirited girl's thrilling story.
Download or read book Mikela written by Jacyee Aniagolu-Johnson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...the tumultuous life and struggles for freedom and survival of Mikela, a young Tanzanian woman of the Maasai tribe... Untangling the chains of her violation and bad memories... Mikela is an epitome of a victim of sexual abuse...her experience speaks for millions of women still treated as objects..." Barry Chukwugekwu Eneh Lecturer, Ohio Dominican University Mikela is a young and vivacious beauty with a unique artistic talent. Her nightmare starts in the open plains of the Tanzanian Maasailand where she experiences female circumcision. The saga of tradition and ensuing events force Mikela to embark on a blinded journey, one that would eventually take her across two continents. As she journeys through life, the emotional scar of female circumcision and later rape, continue to haunt Mikela. Scared by her violation and bad memories, Mikela is unsure about her own emotions as her world seems to be spiraling down an endless dark tunnel. Can Mikela survive the streams of tragedies? Can she overcome the challenges and daily torment by her own life's experiences? Can pure and undefiled love fuel her enough to survive? Is her love for Maasai and Parisian art sufficient to cleanse her mind of the emotional scare of female circumcision and rape?
Download or read book Emusoi written by Kasia Parham and published by Macmillan _. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emusoi follows the stories of six very determined Maasai girls who, with the help of the Emusoi Centre, struggle against the traditions of their families and communities in order to get an education. The Emusoi stories are also a testament to the vision, courage and determination of this group of exceptional young women. Each one realized the importance of going to school not only for herself, but for the future survival of her family and community. Coming from a culture where formal education of females was perceived as a threat, the Emusoi girls had to fight for their schooling. Even when their struggle led to division and heartbreak within families and communities, they refused to give up. On a deeper level, the book offers a unique insight into the dilemma facing the Maasai today: the tension between tradition and progress, between preserving the past and adapting for the future. The Maasai are an endangered people. If they do not adapt to the modern world, their culture will die. Adapt too far, and their culture will die anyway. The Emusoi girls are at the very center of the dilemma. They are torn between their conviction that the survival of their people depends on them going to school and their deep loyalty to a culture that does not traditionally have formal education. Emusoi follows on from the success of Dogodogo: Tanzanian street children tell their stories, with a Foreword by Cherie Blair (9780230722125). The excellent work of these sister projects has long been recognized by prominent individuals, companies, organizations and embassies from around the world, with (then) President George W. Bush and Mrs Laura Bush choosing to visit the Emusoi Centre while on tour in Tanzania in 2008.
Download or read book Pongezi written by Anja Ligtenberg and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pongezi is the story of the alternative rites of passage for Maasai girls in Kenya. Nice Nailantei plays a central role in the book. She is a young Maasai girl who grew up to become a leader and worldwide advocate of the alternative ritual. She was able to escape the Maasai circumcision and now stands up for the other girls in her community. Maasai girls are still circumcised. Yet for the first time, strong women and girls now see an opportunity to rise up against this age-old tradition. They still perform the rituals that celebrate the transition from child to woman, but are no longer circumcised. The key to the acceptance of this process is the informed awareness of the whole community, and the ultimate goal is to provide the girls with an education instead of circumcision. Anja Ligtenberg spent several weeks photographing the changes in this traditional culture. She took these images in areas where the process is supported by AMREF Flying Doctors. She also visited an area where the rites of passage are celebrated within the family. Anja Ligtenberg photographed Nice Nailantei last September in New York, where she spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative and in other places in order to raise awareness for her case. In December she photographed her life in Kenya, in her own traditional community, where she plays a central role in the organisation of the alternative ritual, and with elders, Morans and the girls.--Source of summary unknown.
Download or read book A Full Circle written by Debra Pangerl and published by Beavers Pond Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women of the Maasai tribe in East Africa lead difficult lives with few freedoms. For Maasai girls, the prospect of attending secondary school is often unrealistic and unattainable. Their culture is one that grants women only limited power and discourages them from thinking independently. And even today, a girl can be as young as twelve years old when she is wed in exchange for a dowry of cows for the girl's family. Through her determination to find her life purpose, a Minnesota woman embarks on a search that leads her again and again across the world to a small region in Africa. As the story unfolds, she discovers that a seemingly small part of her past leads her into a deep, personal involvement with the lives of Maasai women in Tanzania. Together, they find power and ability to change their lives forever. Book jacket.
Download or read book Naserian of the Maasai written by Devendra Veda and published by Her Book House, LLC. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first book of the Indigenous and Ethnic Culture series, readers are transported to Tanzania, Africa, to experience a day in the life of Naserian, a young Maasai girl. The story follows Naserian, a young Maasai girl as she makes the lengthy and potentially perilous journey across the Tanzania grasslands to her school. Her family wants one thing for her, but she has other dreams. The series is intended to provide a glimpse into the life of minority cultures from different parts of the world and how such cultures are forced to adapt to survive in a world that threatens to leave them behind. The Maasai are a semi-nomadic group of people who are found in Kenya and Tanzania. Traditionally, herding livestock is very important for the Maasai way of life. Livestock products are sold and traded for needed goods such as grain and charcoal. It is also the means by which some Maasai parents pay for school uniforms and school fees. Changes in the world are forcing many Maasai to adjust their way of life in order to survive. Many Maasai have turned to small-scale farming where they grow maize and other crops to supplement their pastoral diet of milk, meat, and blood. Some Maasai go on to look for work in the city and live a more modern life in contrast to their traditional rural lifestyle.
Download or read book The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree written by Nice Leng'ete and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "elegant and inspiring memoir" by the human rights activist who changed the minds of her elders, reformed traditions from the inside, and is creating a better future for girls and women throughout Africa (Sonia Faleiro, New York Times). Nice Leng`ete was raised in a Maasai village in Kenya. In 1998, when Nice was six, her parents fell sick and died, and Nice and her sister Soila were taken in by their father’s brother, who had little interest in the girls beyond what their dowries might fetch. Fearing “the cut” (female genital mutilation, a painful and sometimes deadly ritualistic surgery), which was the fate of all Maasai women, Nice and Soila climbed a tree to hide. Nice hoped to find a way to avoid the cut forever, but Soila understood it would be impossible. But maybe if one of the sisters submitted, the other would be spared. After Soila chose to undergo the surgery, sacrificing herself to save Nice, their lives diverged. Soila married, dropped out of school, and had children–all in her teenage years–while Nice postponed receiving the cut, continued her education, and became the first in her family to attend college. Supported by Amref, Nice used visits home to set an example for what an uncut Maasai woman can achieve. Other women listened, and the elders finally saw the value of intact, educated girls as the way of the future. The village has since ended FGM entirely, and Nice continues the fight to end FGM throughout Africa, and the world. Nice’s journey from “heartbroken child and community outcast, to leader of the Maasai” is an inspiration and a reminder that one person can change the world–and every girl is worth saving.
Download or read book Helplessness to Hope written by Kelly Suzanne Bingham and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined how the life dreams of the girls at the MTH Center of Hope in Kenya are being altered as a result in a change of cultural experience. The center was built as a place of rescue to protect Maasai girls from early marriage, FGM and extreme poverty while allowing them to stay in school. The phenomenological study included observations, interviews, focus groups and a questionnaire that was used to elicit responses and begin dialogue. Results indicate that there is a definite need not only for secondary and tertiary education for the girls but also to train the girls toward gainful employment. Other results include educating the Maasai men on the destructive practices toward females within the patriarchal society and allowing morality associated with Christianity to permeate the culture that is imploding because the moral fiber of society is being destroyed by witchcraft, evil and corruption.
Download or read book Warrior Princess written by Mindy Budgor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the combination of cultural curiosity, passion, fearlessness and a set of Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck could lead a sane human being to buy a one-way ticket to Nairobi and face probable death in an effort to become the world’s first female Maasai warrior. Warrior Princess is the funny and inspirational memoir of Mindy Budgor, a young entrepreneur tired of having a job to have a job, who decides to make changes in her life. While waiting for her Business School applications to go through, she decides to volunteer in Africa, building schools and hospitals in the Maasai Mara. While living and working with the Maasai, Mindy talks to the chief and asks him why there are no women warriors. The chief responds simply and derisively: because women are not strong enough or brave enough. Mindy immediately realizes her calling and thus begins her amazing adventure to become the first female Maasai warrior. As a result of this training and advocacy, the Maasai in Loita, Kenya are leading the charge to change tribal law to allow women to become Maasai warriors. Mindy as a tribe member is ready to return to stand with her fellow warriors against whatever opposition they might face – be it lions, or elephants, or Western influence.
Download or read book 14 Cows for America written by Carmen Agra Deedy and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestseller recounts the true story of the touching gift bestowed on the US by the Maasai people in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In June of 2002, a mere nine months since the September 11 attacks, a very unusual ceremony begins in a far-flung village in western Kenya. An American diplomat is surrounded by hundreds of Maasai people. A gift is about to be bestowed upon the American men, women, and children, and he is there to accept it. The gift is as unexpected as it is extraordinary. Hearts are raw as these legendary Maasai warriors offer their gift to a grieving people half a world away. Word of the gift will travel newswires around the globe, and for the heartsick American nation, the gift of fourteen cows emerges from the choking dust and darkness as a soft light of hope―and friendship. With stunning paintings from Thomas Gonzalez, master storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy (in collaboration with Naiyomah) hits all the right notes in this elegant story of generosity that crosses boundaries, nations, and cultures.
Download or read book The Last Maasai Warriors written by Jackson Ntirkana and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How two young Maasai tribesmen became warriors, scholars, and leaders in their community and to the world. They are living testament to a vanishing way of life on the African savannah. Wilson and Jackson are two brave warriors of the Maasai, an intensely proud culture built on countless generations steeped in the mystique of tradition, legend and prophecy. They represent the final generation to literally fight for their way of life, coming of age by proving their bravery in the slaying of a lion. They are the last of the great warriors. Yet, as the first generation to fully embrace the modern ways and teachings of Western civilization, the two warriors have adapted — at times seamlessly, at times with unimaginable difficulty -- in order to help their people. They strive to preserve a disappearing culture, protecting the sanctity of their elders while paving the way for future generations. At this watershed moment in their history, the warriors carry the weight of their forbearers while embracing contemporary culture and technology. While their struggle to achieve this balance unfolds exquisitely in this story, their discoveries resonate well beyond the Maasai Mara.
Download or read book Masai and I written by Virginia Kroll and published by Penguin Books, Limited (UK). This book was released on 1994 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At school one day, Linda learns about East Africa and the Masai tribe and in so many ways she begins to compare their way of life to hers in the city.
Download or read book The Elephant Girl written by James Patterson and published by Jimmy Patterson. This book was released on 2022 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip--especially about the new boy, Leku--twelve-year-old Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There she befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu, Swahili for seed. When Mbegu's mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deaths--one elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline. Inspired by true events, The Elephant Girl is a moving exploration of the bonds between creatures and the power of belonging.
Download or read book My Maasai Life written by Robin Wiszowaty and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in suburban Illinois, Robin Wiszowaty leads a typical middle-class American life. Hers is a world of gleaming shopping malls, congested freeways, and neighborhood gossip. But from an early age, she has longed to break free of this existence and discover something deeper. What it is, she doesn't quite know. Yet she knows in her heart there simply has to be more. Through a fortunate twist of fate, Robin seizes an opportunity to travel to rural Kenya and join an impoverished Maasai community. Suddenly her days are spent hauling water, evading giraffes, and living in a tiny hut made of cow dung with her adoptive family. She is forced to face issues she's never considered: extreme poverty, drought, female circumcision, corruption — and discovers love in the most unexpected places. In the open wilds of the dusty savannah, this Maasai life is one she could never have imagined.
