An African Community: The Masai

Duration: 16

Year Published: 1970

Creator: BFA Educational Media

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts the social and political structure, life styles and modes of the nomadic Masai people of Tanzania and Kenya. Focuses upon one group of Masai in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater, pointing out the significance of their interaction with their environment and the importance of the cattle culture in Masai society. Describes the Masais' dependence on the land, their adaptation to the environment, and their family and tribal interdependence., Shows how the nomadic Masai live in the highlands of East Africa. Describes their dependence on the land, their adaptation to the environment, and their family and tribal interdependence. Focuses on one group of Masai in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater whose society is based on the cattle culture.

Complete Record: Depicts the social and political structure, life styles and modes of the nomadic Masai people of Tanzania and Kenya. Focuses upon one group of Masai in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater, pointing out the significance of their interaction with their environment and the importance of the cattle culture in Masai society. Describes the Masais' dependence on the land, their adaptation to the environment, and their family and tribal interdependence., Shows how the nomadic Masai live in the highlands of East Africa. Describes their dependence on the land, their adaptation to the environment, and their family and tribal interdependence. Focuses on one group of Masai in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater whose society is based on the cattle culture. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.