A slice of a hard life . . . . . very crusty Maasai children outside their boma in Tanzania. Although literacy in Tanzania is now around 80%, the Maasai elder with us said these particular children were unlikely to see the inside of a school. There was a recent research report indicating western generosity in throwing cast-off clothing at Africans may be stunting economic development as no modern industrial society has ever been built without a textile foundation.
