I am a Maasai from Irkisongo section in Tanzania. I've worked in developing short educational and advocacy documentaries for my people for the last three years. I do partly agree with the message of this film but i am very annoyed with the wrong translations displayed in English Sub-titles. They completely distort what is said and give me quiet a wrong impression of the film maker. Did Sitetian translate the material? Oh you messed up with the sinc? Please retranslate!
well done masia girl. iam a somalian young man in the u s but raised in kenya
iam student and sitatein i wish u read my comments some day in ya lafe i alweys listen your story when ever i fell back from my dtermination of my education and it gives me new hope and inspration thank you and please keep it up. and always remember those words that your mather told you b4 you went america(i fetched water,sold charcoal,washed clothes so you could go to school)
nkalai ai, it is a fantastic documentary. I'm proud of you! As young man from your same community,i do acknowledge our Patriarchal society is outdated in the present times. It shouldn't happened. MAKE SURE YOU GO BACK TO YOUR VILLAGE AFTER COMPLETING UR MD. go1 go.....! girl
I went to Kenya many times in the eighties and early nineties - I knew several Maasai women who were doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, and even engineers, so this discrimination as described in the video is not all that widespread, and many Maasai girls have had access to schools and higher education for decades.
However, the terrible droughts of 1984 and later did decimate the Maasais' cattle, the Kenyan government's taking and fencing of large swaths of Maasai lands for agriculture certainly contributed largely to the impoverishing othe Maasai, making it hard and even impossible for many of them to pay school fees, buy books, writing materials, and uniforms. This might explain that.
A girl of courage and of confidence. I salute such beauty.
thetricon69 3 months ago
Hello,
I am a Maasai from Irkisongo section in Tanzania. I've worked in developing short educational and advocacy documentaries for my people for the last three years. I do partly agree with the message of this film but i am very annoyed with the wrong translations displayed in English Sub-titles. They completely distort what is said and give me quiet a wrong impression of the film maker. Did Sitetian translate the material? Oh you messed up with the sinc? Please retranslate!
simonmeigaro 9 months ago
hi
well done masia girl. iam a somalian young man in the u s but raised in kenya
iam student and sitatein i wish u read my comments some day in ya lafe i alweys listen your story when ever i fell back from my dtermination of my education and it gives me new hope and inspration thank you and please keep it up. and always remember those words that your mather told you b4 you went america(i fetched water,sold charcoal,washed clothes so you could go to school)
4indhood 2 years ago
who has an idea where i can get the movie SAIKATI
maishashiko 2 years ago
Thanks for this Aljazeera
lmashua 2 years ago
She really is an intelligent girl!! She's gonna be amazing :)
FULLOOKKK 2 years ago 3
nkalai ai, it is a fantastic documentary. I'm proud of you! As young man from your same community,i do acknowledge our Patriarchal society is outdated in the present times. It shouldn't happened. MAKE SURE YOU GO BACK TO YOUR VILLAGE AFTER COMPLETING UR MD. go1 go.....! girl
nkonyo 4 years ago 2
Good presentation, you'll make it big for yourself, family and our Maasai people
Charles
cmmulisa 4 years ago
I went to Kenya many times in the eighties and early nineties - I knew several Maasai women who were doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, and even engineers, so this discrimination as described in the video is not all that widespread, and many Maasai girls have had access to schools and higher education for decades.
Vierotchka 4 years ago
However, the terrible droughts of 1984 and later did decimate the Maasais' cattle, the Kenyan government's taking and fencing of large swaths of Maasai lands for agriculture certainly contributed largely to the impoverishing othe Maasai, making it hard and even impossible for many of them to pay school fees, buy books, writing materials, and uniforms. This might explain that.
Vierotchka 4 years ago
wow, good info, thanks
guitar2012 3 years ago
Nice presentation sitatian.Good luck.I know that you will make it.Love Hellen
mimimasai 4 years ago
moving story, well told. bravo.
shupri 4 years ago
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anyway nice video!
eeshlapetite 4 years ago
beautiful documentary. You should add the video tag following words : Kenya, Somalia, East Africa. This will attract a lot of people.
dhagax 4 years ago