As Kenya celebrates 40 years of independence, African culture continues to take second place to the territorial divisions of the colonial period and the aspirations of the political figures who now manage these divisions. The Massai continue to be divided between Kenya and Tanzania, with little regard for their historic homeland.
Their neighbors and allies, the Ogiek, a lesser-known forest people, are calling for assistance in the struggle to preserve indigenous African Heritage.
Both peoples are being forced to abandon their ancestral homelands, in favor of private logging interests which are supported by the Kenyan Government.
Their neighbors and allies, the Ogiek, a lesser-known forest people, are calling for assistance in the struggle to preserve indigenous African Heritage.
Both peoples are being forced to abandon their ancestral homelands, in favor of private logging interests which are supported by the Kenyan Government.
Please visit http://www.ogiek.org/ for more information and support their efforts to preserve African Identitities in transformation, within the expanding multi-national corporate environment.
Ogiek.org Photo
The Ogiek live mostly in the Mau Forest, just North of Nairobi.
Please also see: http://www.kenyaweb.com/
Ogiek.org Photo
The Ogiek live mostly in the Mau Forest, just North of Nairobi.
Please also see: http://www.kenyaweb.com/