Give reasons for the Maasai collaboration with the British in the #19^th# century.
Answer Text: - The maasai had already been weakened by numerous human and cattle diseases such as cholera, pneumonia and small pox.- They had been affected by natural calamities such as prolonged drought and locust invasion.- High death toll brought about by natural calamities such as famine.- The emergence of the Nandi as a strong power which had adverse implications on the maasai economic andmilitary power.- The maasai wanted to get their women back who had been left in custody of the Agikuyu during the 1881 famine that the Agikuyu were refusing to surrender them.
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