The Maasai Media Center was established to provide equipment and education to the Maasai community to support its interest in representing itself to the world outside of Maasailand. The MMC is housed in the Maasai Education, Research and Conservation Institute near Talek, runs on solar power, and has the capacity to shoot and edit film and record and edit sound. We are developing a digital library of interviews, music, and images. The Media Center has produced an album of Maasai music recorded in the Ngong’u Narok village in Amboseli, for sale by the community. The Media Center’s first Maa language documentary, Enkisuma o Enkop (Education and Land) was shot by Jonathan Best and Adam Long and is currently being edited. Plans are being developed for a series of classes to train Maasai people to operate the center.
Enkisuma o Enkop: This documentary is being developed to raise awareness about 1) the history and current impact of western education on Maasai culture and society, and 2) how Maasai people are implementing visions of culturally supportive education. The audience of the film is the Maasai community itself, and the goal is to use the film to share conversation about education happening throughout Maasailand and to educate Maasai people, to inform their work in this area. In this way, the film will be a radical departure from other films that have been made about the Maasai community to educate and/or entertain outside viewers. For more information, contact Jonathan Best at jb@bubblemusic.com
Osingolio: The Singing and Dancing of the Maasai in Ngong’u Narok
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All proceeds go to the Ngong’u Narok village and the Maasai Media Center.
