Tradition meets transformation for Maasai women
August 02, 2024
August 02, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 2 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Few communities reveal both the challenges and opportunities presented by cultural globalism more than Maasai communities in northern Tanzania. Traditionally pastoralists, the Maasai ethnic group's social structure is historically patriarchal, with a man's prestige measured by the size of his family and by the livestock he owns.
The shrinking world has brought change: Urban centers and th . . .
Few communities reveal both the challenges and opportunities presented by cultural globalism more than Maasai communities in northern Tanzania. Traditionally pastoralists, the Maasai ethnic group's social structure is historically patriarchal, with a man's prestige measured by the size of his family and by the livestock he owns.
The shrinking world has brought change: Urban centers and th . . .