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The Cost of Conservation—How Tanzania Is Erasing the Maasai Identity

DAR ES SALAAM, Jun 19 (IPS) – On the vast plains of Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), the sight of young Maasai men in bright shawls, wielding sticks as they herd cattle, has long symbolized peaceful coexistence with nature. These herders, moving in harmony with zebras and wildebeests, are inseparable from the landscape. But today, that very identity—nurtured for generations—is under siege.

Read the full story, “The Cost of Conservation—How Tanzania Is Erasing the Maasai Identity”, on globalissues.org

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