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Summary: The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An Autobiography
Review: Excellent book, very accurate and really worth the money. It gives the picture of a boy growing up as a real Maasai and the new life in civilized world of Germany and USA - a man between two cultures and the difficult question to decide which way to go along. Makes yourself wondering about the way we Western people are living and gives a chance to see our world with other eyers. After having visited the Maasai area some months ago a good opportunity to compare facts with my own experience and found it even more interesting. Go for it!
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Summary: Fascinating for adults and inspiring for young readers
Review: How fortunate we are for this superb insider account of a mysterious and exotic culture! A suspense story for readers of all ages. Linda Donelson, author of "Out of Isak Dinesen: Karen Blixen's untold story"
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Summary: Saitote has lived an extraordinary life in his two world
Review: I am a high school social studies teacher and I am currently teaching a course on world cultures. For the course I have decided to teach about the Maasai culture. The vast majority of the books that I found on the Maasai were either very vague or very elementary. I found the book "The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior : An Autobiography by Tepilit Ole Saitoti" to be an outstanding resource that depicts what true Maasai culture really is. The author is able to draw the reader into the story while telling his life history. It is a captivating novel that has received high remarks from some of the toughest critics in the world-- high school students.
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Summary: An excellent resource for learning about true Maasai culture
Review: I am a high school social studies teacher and I am currently teaching a course on world cultures. For the course I have decided to teach about the Maasai culture. The vast majority of the books that I found on the Maasai were either very vague or very elementary. I found the book "The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior : An Autobiography by Tepilit Ole Saitoti" to be an outstanding resource that depicts what true Maasai culture really is. The author is able to draw the reader into the story while telling his life history. It is a captivating novel that has received high remarks from some of the toughest critics in the world-- high school students.
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Summary: Intriguing introduction to the Maasai
Review: I chose an autobiography of a Maasai himself, rather than an anthropologist's description, for my first reading about a people and part of the world about which I know nothing. Each page of Saitoti's book piqued my curiosity for more details and led me to search for more information. I can't wait to read his collaborative photo-essay (with Carol Beckwith) of the Maasai. The challenge of retaining cultural diversity in the modern world is well-articulated here.
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Summary: sitting here with the author
Review: I read this book 12 years ago and was so moved that I wrote a letter to to the author - something I have never done before or since. I was so struck by his ability to navigate between two cultures that seemingly had little in common. His book is a testimonial to the flexibility of the human spirit and the power of education. Last week, out of the blue, I received a telephone call from the author. Apparently, he had saved my address all these years. Saitoti is currently in the US as a visiting scholar. He will be speaking in various institutions and he has just started writing a follow up to The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior (The Worlds of a Maasai Elder). I have just shown him these amazon reviews. He is sitting here beside me and
would like to take this opportunity to say: "Thank you to the reviewers of my book for such beautiful reviews and to amazon.com for posting such a wonderful display of my work."
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Summary: One of the most profound books I've ever read
Review: I read this book as part of an anthropology course I was taking recently and was totally enthralled with it. Seeing American culture through the eyes of someone from such a vastly different background made for excellent reading. The depiction of the author's life in Africa was exceptional, making a Western reader, like myself, realize how many common threads we all hold with the whole of humanity. I cannot recommend this book enough.
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Summary: Saitote has lived an extraordinary life in his two world
Review: I recently was on safari with the San Diego Zoo and had the priviledge of having Saitote as a guide in Tanzania. He as a Maasai of course has a unique understanding of his land, but after having been educated in the United States and having helped make the film for the National Geographic "Man from Serengeti" he sees Tanzania as perhaps no-one else on earth does. His book shows a man who killed his lion, was ritually circumcised and then appears to have been tempted by the opportunities of North America. The book is quite frank and is a rare opportunity to understand the difference between the two worlds.
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Summary: Bridging two worlds.
Review: There couldn't be two more different places than New York City and the lands of the Maasai in Tanzania. Tepilit Ole Saitoti's story of his journey in and between these two worlds is fascinating. I am looking forward to the update he is writing now that he is a Maasai Elder. This insight into another land and culture is a gift.
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Summary: Bridging two worlds.
Review: There couldn't be two more different places than New York City and the lands of the Maasai in Tanzania. Tepilit Ole Saitoti's story of his journey in and between these two worlds is fascinating. I am looking forward to the update he is writing now that he is a Maasai Elder. This insight into another land and culture is a gift.
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