Author: Frans Mol
Cited by
- Richard Crompton (1)
- IN: Hell's Gate (2014) Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: i-Loikop (noun, Maa): murder
Murder can only occur between Maasai. Only when a Maasai kills another Maasai do we speak of murder. Should disputes between Maasai culminate in death, then this establishes a new relationship between the parties involved whereby those responsible for any deaths are referred to as il-oo-ikop: the-ones-who-hurt.
FROM: Maasai Language and Culture, (1996), Book, NULL