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This article is about the youth of the Maasai people in Kenya coming together this weekend to take part in the fifth edition of the “Maasai Olympics” that aim to replace their tribal rituals of killing lions as a rite of passage to manhood for future warriors.
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 5:34 pm
The International Indigenous People’s Movement for
Self-Determination and Liberation (International IPMSDL)
unites with the Maasai Indigenous Peoples of Kenya and their
allies and advocates in condemning the recent and
longstanding attacks on the Maasai people’s right to their
ancestral lands in Kitet community.
We condemn Kedong
Ranch Limited, among whose stakeholders are relatives of
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, for carrying out these
attacks and we are calling on the Kenyan High Court and
Kenyan government to take the side of the Maasai against the
corporation.
Kedong Ranch Limited has acquired lease
to 75,000 acres of Maasai land since the 1970s without the
Image zoom | Credit: Kwin Mosby
In terms of African travel destinations, Morocco and Egypt were the only two that topped my must-see list for a long a time. But that recently changed following my first trip to Kenya. First, I should explain that I have a direct connection to Africa. My mother married my stepfather, who is from Freetown, Sierra Leone, and two of my siblings were born and raised there, too. However, my close connection with them still did not spark any desire to visit what some African Americans call the Motherland.
At 15 years old, an only child to a single parent, I instantly became a part of a blended family. And the blending of two different cultures Black American and African made the transition more difficult. From an early age, my personal experiences gradually formed my opinions about Africa. Throughout my life, I d heard side conversa