Bibliograph

Facing the lion, growing up Maasai on the African savanna, by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton with Herman Viola

Type

Label

Facing the lion, growing up Maasai on the African savanna, by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton with Herman Viola

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Facing the lion

Oclc number

51613760

Responsibility statement

by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton with Herman Viola

Sub title

growing up Maasai on the African savanna

Summary

A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, travelled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia

Table Of Contents

A lion hunt -- The proud one -- Cows -- The pinching man -- School -- Herdsman -- Initiation -- Kabarak -- Soccer -- America -- A warrior in two worlds

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification