Maasai warriors in Kenya now protect African wildlife: The hunters are now the collectors

By Sue Williams
January 21 2017 - 12:15am
A Sarara Camp lodge guide searches for wildlife. Photo: Alamy
A Sarara Camp lodge guide searches for wildlife. Photo: Alamy
A large female elephant feeds on the savannah with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.
A large female elephant feeds on the savannah with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.

The little kid is hunched over his school book in a dusty classroom of a village school in Kenya, close to the equator. A visiting tourist peers at the lion he's carefully drawing and tells him what a great job he's making. The boy, probably no more than seven, beams with pride. "This lion is my friend," he tells her. "He bought me this pencil!"