Facing the lion
Subtitle: growing up Maasai on the African savanna
By: by Joseph Lekuton with Herman J. Viola.
Contributors: Viola, Herman J.
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington,  D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Lekuton, Joseph -- Juvenile literature; Lekuton, Joseph; Masai (African people) -- Kenya -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Masai (African people) -- Kenya -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature; Masai (African people) -- Biography; Masai (African people) -- Kenya -- Social life and customs; Blacks -- Kenya -- Biography
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: 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: title: A lion hunt; title: The proud one; title: Cows; title: The pinching man; title: School; title: Initiation; title: Kabarak; title: Soccer; title: America; title: A warrior in two worlds.