#maasai — Public Fediverse posts

#Avaaz: The #Tanzanian government has been on the attack for years -- burning homes and trying to evict entire Maasai communities to clear the way for elephant hunting and luxury tourism.

Now two presidential commissions are openly pushing for mass evictions, and thousands of families could lose access to water, medical care, and grazing rights in weeks.

The Maasai don't just live in #Ngorongoro -- their entire way of life is deeply woven into the grasslands, rivers, and open plains. They've successfully protected these lands for generations, so it's no wonder that wildlife is abundant or that elephants give birth here. And that's exactly why the government wants these lands for trophy hunting.

We cannot let it happen.

Avaaz members provided ALL the funding for a critical court case that previously blocked mass evictions. But now the government is more determined than ever. #Maasai elders are calling for our support because they simply don't have the money for expensive legal battles, and time is running out.

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaigns/launch_maasai_support_rb_loc/?

#press #news #IndependentMedia #MutualAid

[Short film] #Enchukunoto (The Return)

Laissa Malih with John Ole Tingoi (#Maasai)

"As the first female Maasai filmmaker, Laissa Malih initially set out to document the land-based practices of her forefathers and ways in which climate change is reshaping Maasai communities. In returning to the IL-Laikipiak Maasai village that her parents left when she was a child, Malih experiences an epiphany: her own life is a reflection of the myriad challenges between Maasai youth and elders, women and men, ancestral ways of passing down essential knowledge and modern methods of education.

"In ENCHUKUNOTO (The Return), Malih’s singular perspective also challenges ways in which the Maasai peoples have long been seen and documented by tourists and other outsiders. 'Many tourists come to our Maa lands to film the lions, the gazelles,' she observes. 'The camera takes and takes. I wonder what my camera can give my people in return?'

"Interweaving verite with Malih’s insights, Malih offers a heretofore unseen perspective as an insider and an outsider, a woman among men, a filmmaker carrying on sacred Maasai traditions of storytelling in an era defined by uncertainty."

https://www.reciprocity.org/films/enchukunoto

#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #ProtectNature #CulturalPreservation #IndigenousAfricans #MassaiPeople #WomenDirectedFilms #DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #LandDefenders #ReciprocityProject #Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom #IndigenousKnowledge #Reciprocity #FilmVerite

"Il governo della #Tanzania sta trasferendo forzatamente i residenti indigeni #Maasai dalle loro case e dalle terre ancestrali nella #Ngorongoro Conservation Area."

#31luglio #HumanRights #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #capitalismo

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/31/tanzania-indigenous-maasai-being-forcibly-relocated

Thank to The University of Sheffield my film 'Flow' about adults disclosing childhood sexual abuse #CSA now has subtitles in many languages: https://player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/flow. Languages available are: #Albanian, #Chinese (simplified & traditional), #French, #Filipino/#Tagalog, #Greek, #Gujarati, #Hindi, #Italian, #Japanese, #Maasai, #Malay, #Polish,#Portuguese, #Romanian, #Russian, #spanish #Swahili, #Tamil, #Urdu, #Uzbek. If you use the film in your work please contact me by DM or email.

📢🗣️👀 New Report 🎺from
Amnesty:
Tanzania: Authorities brutally violated #Maasai amid forced evictions from ancestral lands
#Loliondo #Ngorongoro
#EndFortressConservation 🐄🌳☘️ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/06/tanzanian-authorities-brutally-violated-maasai-amid-forced-evictions/

#Maasai #Tanzania #Loliondo #Ngorongoro