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How the British tricked Maasai families out of Laikipia land

Maasai morans dance with tourists, 1975.

No bullets could stop the outraged warriors. Although outgunned, they had superior knowledge of their country and the honour of their age group, Iltuati,  was at stake.

This was their first battle and they were trying to redeem their name after their first military mission began disastrously. Up to 200 of their cows had been seized by an enemy with superior firepower under the command of Andrew Dick.

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