Lekuton, Joseph.

Facing the lion: growing up Maasai on the African savanna / by Joseph Lekuton and Herman J. Viola. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2003. - 127 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

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

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.

ISBN: 0792251253 (Hard Cover)

LCCN: 2003000750

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lekuton, Joseph.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Masai (African people)--Kenya--Biography.
Masai (African people)--Biography.
Masai (African people)--Social life and customs.--Kenya
Blacks--Kenya--Biography.

LC Class. No.: DT433.545.M33 / L45 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 967.62/004965 B