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Q12. Why are the pastoralists nomadic? What happened to Massai when they were confined to a place duringthe colonial rule?

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Nomadic pastoralismis a form ofpastoralismwhen livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures on which to graze. Strictly speaking, truenomadsfollow an irregular pattern of movement, in contrast with transhumance where seasonal pastures are fixed.

Maasailand was cut into half with an international boundary between the British Kenya and German Tanganyika.due to which they lost their grazing lands.

New laws and regulations took away their lands and restricted their movements.

Colonial government encouraged local peasants to expand cultivation, for this pasture lands were converted into cultivated lands.

Feeding the cattle became a problem as quantity and quality of fodder was affected.



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