Olkuoo Loltome Oikilikuanisho is the story of how the elephant got its big trunk told in the Maa (KiMaasai) language.
The story is read by Silayio -a Kora award winner, Best female Artist EA and The Voice of Holland Finalist who is passionate about her culture as a Maasai. She dedicates this story to her nephews, nieces and every Maasai child out there and hopes that such stories told in her mother tongue will spark a fire in them to learn and take pride in their identity and culture as Maasais.
Olkuoo Loltome Oikilikuanisho is written by Judith Baker and Lorato Trok
Translation by Leonard Kotikash
illustrations by Wiehan de Jager
Language - Maa
Story source: www.africanstorybook.org
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Special thanks to Cheche Bookshop for providing us with the space
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