| The Kenya Masai is a people who really love their | | | | fight was so bad that anyone who took his child to |
| culture. They have fought very hard to still maintain | | | | school was automatically excommunicated from the |
| their ways of life in a country flooded by the | | | | community. Their argument was that a child did not |
| western culture. They are giving the government a | | | | need to go to school to know ho w to herd cattle. |
| very hard time convincing them that not everything | | | | After a time, they started allowing the boy child to |
| from the west is bad as they assume. Slowly, this is | | | | go to school when they saw that they could earn a |
| paying off and most are getting civilized though at a | | | | white collar job and a big salary if one went to |
| very slow pace. The biggest fight with civilization has | | | | school. The girl child was disregarded completely and |
| been informing them that they need to change there | | | | was only seen fit for marriage as this would earn the |
| lifestyle. The Masai believe that owning many cattle is | | | | family a dowry. |
| a design of wealth rather than having even a few | | | | Another thing the Masai has really opposed is the |
| but productive ones. | | | | western way of dressing. A Masai is most |
| Another battle with civilization is where education is | | | | comfortable when a 'shuka' [cotton sheet] is all the |
| concerned. The Masai fought very hard to make sure | | | | clothes he has own. You will spot them all over even |
| that there children were not enrolled in schools. The | | | | in big cities in red 'shukas'. This is there mark. |