What was the problem Maasais' faced with became of the British?

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The Maasai lived in an arid area without grass

Maasai was confined to a small area

Maasai began to cultivate pastoral land

Continuous grazing in the small areas

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Maasais' faced the problem of confinement to a smaller area, which was the restriction imposed by the British. The millions of ordinary Africans who lived in pastoral communities encountered many difficulties as time passed. White settlements occupied the best grazing, forcing Maasai into a constrained region. Religious groups were additionally made to live inside the boundaries of exclusive reserves, whose perimeters served as their new mobility restrictions. To relocate with their animals, Maasai needed a permit. As the British colonial authority promoted cultivation, pastureland became a field.

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