Give reason to explain why the …

The Maasai community has lost their grazing lands due to the following reasons:
1) The lives of the African pastoralists have changed drastically in the Colonial and postcolonial phases. In the 19th Century, the European powers were fighting for colonies. The occupied several regions which were divided by multiple International borders between British Kenya and German Tanganyika.
 2). In 1885, Maasais land was divided between the British and the Germans. The Maasai community was pushed into a small area in southern Kenya and North Tanzania which considerably reduced their grazing lands.
 3). From the late 19th century, The British colonial rulers promoted cultivation on pasture lands. The movement of herders was restricted in the settlements. The Maasais, therefore, lost their grazing areas.