Maasai

article). The expensive ceremony is payed for by each family of the girls involved, as they must wear fine clothing and jewels. More recently it was made legal in the United States after many acts that allow the practices of the rituals. The Maasai tribe in Africa, in Kenya, gathers boys from the age of ten to twenty years old for what they call “The warrior passage”. The night before the ritual they sleep outside their freshly built houses and are woken the next morning to…

According to Charles Duhigg, identifying a habit and learning how it works makes it easier to control and overcome (Duhigg, p.13). He makes this claim in response to simple habits such as brushing teeth in the morning, but he does not take into great consideration practices such as taking recreational drugs after a hard day at work. I do not agree with this claim by Duhigg. My claim is that some habits are almost impossible to overcome, and in some cases changing these habits requires more than…

Sakut many prefer calling him Dorobo. He is one person who you are likely to remember. Dorobo has been part of the Basecamp family practically since the beginning, working as a camp guard. On this particular night, he wore a red shuka (the classic Maasai robe) wrapped like a…

examples from the film that illustrate your point while incorporating relevant insights from both Ngugi and Stauder easy The colonial idea of Africa is reflected in the film Out of Africa, by the way the Africans are forced to learn English, how the Maasai tribe’s home is always on the verge of being taken from them, and the way Africans are constantly seen as props to emphasize the role of the white character. The colonization of Africa is never questioned throughout the movie as it is…

common regarding Kenya: The Maasai from Kenya are Cave Men That they light fire by rubbing two sticks, cannot communicate in English and are wretchedly poor, is misleading. Some tourists feel conned when the same Maasai men in tribal regalia, fascinating them with traditional song and dance, ethnic food, and tribal activities do step aside…

Is competitiveness genetic or learnt? “I’m just competitive it doesn’t matter what it is. I want to win.” – Alyson Felix But is this statement true for everyone. Competitiveness is in every aspect of life and is something we all feel at some point in our lives. But is this feeling learnt or is it something we’re born with. We all know at least one of those so-called “born competitors”. She’s the classmate who always has the highest mark in all the tests and he’s the friend who always has the…

How my Journey to Tanzania Sparked my Personal Growth As a senior student in high school, pursuing English, I spend all my days and nights trying to understand myself, at the same time looking for a purpose in life. I am a young Indonesian girl, who is passionate and focused on achieving both personal and career goals. It might sound cliched and awkward saying that I can’t imagine living a life without a purpose, or without identifying my abilities and strengths. My primary objective of being…

There are several social determinants that effect the community’s wellbeing and they generally fall within the board categories of policymaking, social factors, healthcare services, and individual lifestyle and behavior. Social determinants play a crucial role in an individual’s heath and the community’s well being. Inequalities in social determinants often are what cause an individual to suffer poor health, which causes the wellbeing of the community to suffer as well. After reading The…

The process of learning is the same—some experience changes one’s behavior, which results in learning, no matter if the society is industrialized or not. Baraka features Maasai tribe members from Africa partaking in different jumping rituals and a group of men doing a Balinese monkey chant, while in Japan, we see a group of Butoh dancers. I would argue that most of this learning could be considered observational learning…

The Maasai were the first to develop an eco-tourist conservation lodge, and while it has brought them profits that they would otherwise not have had access to, it has also required them to change their way of life. They have to restrict how much their cattle…