Meaning of manyatta | Babel Free

Definitions

A Masai or Samburu settlement or compound, often temporary, established by a family or clan, or as an encampment of young warriors.

Africa, East

Examples

“The Masai tribes, or sections of tribes, haunt certain districts. Every section has usually some three favourite districts, in each of which is a village called a manyatta.”

“All of the inhabitants worked together for two full moon cycles to build their manyattas, bomas for the cows and a fence that spanned the length of two big football pitches to protect everyone from the lions.”

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