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Some groups in the Maasai community rely on livestock as their sole source of income, leaving them vulnerable. Some of the challenges they face include scarcity of resources, climate change, and livestock diseases. In this Maa language interview, Kipaya Ole Mapi, a pastoralist from Monduli District, tells us about the plight of his people.
Produced by Mathias Thooko (Maasai)
Interviewee Kipaya Ole Mapi (Maasai)
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.

 

In January 2015, Cultural Survival sponsored the first radio forum on free, prior, informed consent to ever hit Kenya’s airwaves in the Maasai langugae Maa. Broadcast on Mayian FM and Nosim FM

Produced by: Ben Koissaba, Emmanuel Kisemei, Ole Kintet, Daniel Tenaai, and Rahab Kenana

The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.