Prolonged drought in Tanzania turns Maasai livestock keepers into hairdressers

STORY: Prolonged drought in Tanzania turns Maasai livestock keepers into hairdressers DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ray Lipasho Kimeshwa's shop in Dar es Salaam 2. SOUNDBITE: MWANAHAMISI SHAABAN, Dar es Salaam resident STORYLINE: The prolonged drought in Tanzania has forced Maasais to migrate to urban centers to do businesses like hairdressing and guarding houses. The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern Tanzania and central and southern Kenya. Ray Lipasho Kimeshwa, a Maasai born in Tanzania's northern region of Manyara, once owned about 100 cattle between the 1990s and 2000s. But the drought caused by climate change killed some of his animals. In 2001, Kimeshwa migrated to the port city of Dar es Salaam to engage in the business of hairdressing. He teamed up with two other Maasais, who both arrived in Dar es Salaam in 2016 to do the hairdressing business. Kimeshwa said their customers are women fro