Leadership is supposed to be for everyone, so every child or every person is supposed to act like a leader; so you should lead your own family, you should lead your own life.
As a child grows, he’s given responsibility of taking care of the lambs, the goats, the sheep, so he’s shown that he’s responsible. When he grows up more he becomes a warrior.
We are initiated to become warriors and we then go to the bush for training: training to be leaders, training how to take our community forward, how to protect our community and all that wisdom.
To become a respected leader in the Maasai community, ...
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