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is the maasai culture in kenya becoming extinct?

by Zun Wang
(China)

I'm disappointed to learn that Maasai are going to school and stopping their traditional ways of life? What will tourists go to see other then wildlife if the Masai stop dancing and living in the villages? I've never gone to Kenya for safari and will possibly only manage once I'm working ( that is hopefully 7 years from now) and I'm afraid the Maasai culture will by then be over and done with. Should they not be paid a salary to keep their culture intact?

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is the maasai culture in kenya becoming extinct?

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Is Maasai culture in Kenya becoming extinct?
by: Anonymous

I am doing the same research on this, and I was just guessing when I picked my topic but we are reading this article for my professor class ,its called : Deliberate change and unintended consequences, and talks about how kids are now going to school and what they are learning in school they are using against their elders because since their folks didn't go to school they think they can judge them and be more better then them. the teachers at school are just not teaching the kids. It is sad that it is disappearing, but they aren't the only ones. Tribes here in America are going through the same thing, like mine the Navajo's. Well I'd write more but I got class to get to.
Masai People in Kenya
by: Anonymous

Don't be afraid that the Masai people in Kenya are about to discard their culture. Ok, they may move to towns, go to school , own mobile phones and handle the internet but they do all this while acknowledging and appreciating their culture.

Education is their only chance of sharing in the modern day Kenya otherwise they would be resentful for being used as the "poster culture" for promoting Kenya tourism, which would eventually do no good for the Masai or for the Kenyan people in general.




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Education and Maasai Culture
by: Ole Nenko

As a Kenyan Masai who have gone to school and working in the finance sector, let me assure you that the Maasai culture will survive for 100yrs even with access to education. When I go to my local home "manyatta" , I like to dress in the shukas, take my spear and go out to see my cows.

At the same time I make sure every child in my clan is going to school so that they can enjoy a better live. I and the rest of my clan's people who are in town have one leg in the community and our culture is part of us, but education is our key to the world.

Go on safari to Kenyaand you will enjoy seeing the Masaais not just in the villages but in all sectors of Kenyan economy.
Kenya people - Maasai culture
by: Anne Huysman , Ontdek Kenya

Hello Zun,

Well , you are right that the Maasai people are taking on going to school but the correction to this statement is that they , like the rest of Kenya people place a high value to education , contrary to what may be perceived as anti-education attitude. On the time factor , the Maasai have been on the Kenya educational stream for as long as structured curriculum has been in Kenya.

The good news is that education does not kill culture , it only makes people appreciate their culture better and improves their life by giving then access to better health, sanitation , nutrition and of course employment especially for the youth.

Granted some Maasai people , like the rest of Kenya communities will move out from the villages but some will still remain in the villages practicing their culture.

While some cultural practices are no longer practical in the current times e.g killing of wildlife and cattle poaching , the Masai people have a lot of unique cultural ceremonies that even without an incentive of a salary, they want to safeguard and fortunately they let the world see how rich their culture is.

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