Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai On The African Savanna

Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai On The African Savanna This memoir of a young Maasai boy tells the story of Lekuton who grows up as part of a nomadic tribe in Kenya.The story sheds light on the Massai culture and life on the savanna.Lekuton comes from a family of nomadic cow-herders, and Kenyan law required each family to send one child to school.Lekuton was the chosen child, and school opened up his world.He works to preserve his Maasai heritage while taking advantage of the opportunities that education brings his way.

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