manyatta

The last thing I see as we pull away from the manyatta is a weathered sign above the door of the local pub.

Tracking an Injured Elephant - Part 4 2007

For many hours, on foot and over the fence line of the reserve into neighboring land towards the manyatta (village) of Ol Moran, I follow the expert trackers along the scene of the crime.

Tracking an Injured Elephant - Part 4 2007

The manyatta is not like anything I have ever seen.

Tracking an Injured Elephant - Part 4 2007

As daylight fades, we drive the chief back to his manyatta of Ol Moran.

Tracking an Injured Elephant - Part 4 2007

He drinks a fermented liquor made from milk; he takes snuff or smokes the rank native tobacco; he conducts interminable diplomatic negotiations; he oversees minutely the forms of ceremonials; he helps to shape the policies of his manyatta, and he gives his attention to the accumulation of cows.

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

He then moved on, and the manyatta was never used again!

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

"I am come to take you to the _manyatta_ of M'tela," he announced.

The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White 1909

Masai manyatta, very tiny, with indistinct crawling red and brown blotches that meant cattle and sheep.

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

And, mind you, unchastity in the form of illicit intercourse outside the manyatta of the El-morani, whether with her own or another tribe, subjects the women to instant death.

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909

But now if we return to the manyatta to-morrow, we can march two hours to where are some Wanderobo; and the

African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909