Ethnicity

Female genital mutilation is discrimination against women!  This is what WHO says about FGM- FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is nearly always carried out on...
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As we've been reporting over the past several months, since February there have been ongoing government assaults on the Samburu people and allied tribes by the Kenyan government, with many people killed and almost all Samburu cattle confiscated.
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But, as you and I are aware, our Maasai society, (Men) warriors are the security providers, the defenders of the society. Considering that a Nation is people, and people comes out of women but todays world demands not just a population but a well informed population therefore, well informed mothers gives birth to a...
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After much soul searching as a team it was agreed upon, on the 10th of October 2009, that we need to go back to the drawing board,invite as many Samburu's as possible,come up with set goals both short term and long term, come up witha constitution,elect officials and also discuss contributions and sustainability of...
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KARE, the Kenya Aid and Relief Effort whose website this blog is part of, has been worried since last March, when police fired on Samburu from the sky and drove away their cattle, that oil and China lay behind that betrayal of trust.
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Maasai men against female genital mutilation is a cause which has been streaming out of many of us, the Maasai men, who are fed up with extreme and harmful practices in our culture.
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Under frelsningen diskuterar sociologen Ulrika Schmauch likheter och skillnader mellan att tillhra den afrikanska diasporan i Sverige och att tillhra den svenska i Afrika. Frelsningen r en del av de arrangemang som genomfrs under African Story Week den 9--16 oktober, fr detaljerat program, se lnk Tnk p att det kan bli fullsatt och d...
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Maasai people have a common moral values and a set of rules from which our lives are universally formed. More Often than not, people tend to romanticize the hardship life of the Maa people. She was convinced that they life Maa people live is admirable.
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It’s not about if we’re going to change or not but what kind of change we’re going to adapt. We’re aware that we’re shading the old retrogressive and depressive culture that does not fit in the modern world and embrace the new lifestyle however, we should be careful on what we throw away and...
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The African Union defined the African diaspora as " of people of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union."
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