Everyone "knows" the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania.
But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have "become" something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today.
This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.
| ISBN: | 9780821410455 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 1993 |
| Author: | Thomas Spear, Richard Waller |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Eastern African Studies |
| Genres: |
African history Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Social discrimination and social justice Anthropology |
Everyone "knows" the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania.
But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have "become" something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today.
This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.
Being Maasai features in the following genres: African history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social discrimination and social justice, Anthropology
Being Maasai is available in Paperback
Being Maasai was written by Thomas Spear, Richard Waller and published by Ohio University Press
Being Maasai has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Eastern African Studies series