Ngorongoro area, a Masai homestead or ‘boma’ seen prior to landing at Olbalbal village (probably not to be found on any map…). Classical structure, a large acacia branch fence contains the goats, cows and huts and sometimes a smaller enclosure.
a dam, not to provide electricity but to keep water in the dry season.
another ‘boma’ with modern materials like tarpaulin or corrugated panels. Ugly sighting and the panels must be dreadful under the fierce sun…
here is Olbalbal, western slope of Ngorongoro Crater, a main village in the area notably for the water pump in the center.
here are the Masai ladies with jerry cans and other containers collecting water. water collecting with stay a women’s duty for the next century around here….
on short final, a herd in the dust.
a ‘boma’ near Endulen hospital, still in Ngorongoro area. Masai people are targeted in this conservation area to be expelled. Which was easy in the past when they were still leading a nomadic life and were prevented to come back in many areas. They’ve learnt their lessons the hard way and now have settled more permanently in the disputed areas. So the hamlet here is quite crowded and not so conventionally organised. The outside fence is missing and there are too many huts for one sole husband and his wives…normally each wife has built her personal hut and the husband makes his choice every night, not owning a hut himself, too much menial work regarding a male status.
some cow tracks start thin then, when well trodden, get larger and more eroded. Some could be used as a decent bush airstrip like this one.
friends working at Endulen hospital, in front of their house.
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