“We are not interested in changing our culture to conform to the policy of the aggressors.”

Apr 7

Gudo Mahiya (goo-doh meye-yah)

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IMAGE SOURCE: Photo in Daudi Peterson. “Hadzabe: By the Light of a Million Fires.” Mikuni na Nyota Publishers. 2012. | TEXT SOURCE: Richard Rainsford. “What chance, the survival prospects for East Africa's last hunting and gathering tribe the Hadzab… — IMAGE SOURCE: Photo in Daudi Peterson. “Hadzabe: By the Light of a Million Fires.” Mikuni na Nyota Publishers. 2012. | TEXT SOURCE: Richard Rainsford. “What chance, the survival prospects for East Africa's last hunting and gathering tribe the Hadzabe, in a gameless environment?” Friends of Peoples Close to Nature. 1997.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Even in Arusha there were some 250 counsellors, but still the Hadzabe have no representation…We do not want cattle, just wild animals to hunt and water that we can drink."

QUOTE QUESTION: Who decides when culture must change?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “What gives me happiness now as I near the end of my life is that at my death I will be surrounded by many people including my children, my grandchildren and my friends.”

IMAGE QUESTION: Where will you sit as you days near the end?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a blog post by a member of Friends of Peoples Close to Nature. The photo is from a book published to further education, health care and land and resource rights for the Hadzabe.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: Who are the friends outside your community who you trust to advocate for the issues most important to your People?

“We are not interested in changing our culture to conform to the policy of the aggressors.”

Gudo Mahiya (goo-doh meye-yah)

“We're singing goodbye to the old camp and hello to the new camp.”

“We do a lot of sharing, especially with women who have no husband. If meat came to my neighbor, she'd remember that I'm alone, and bring some meat to me.”