Be a Hummingbird

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The key issue here is that the Maasai people aren’t compensated for anything sold under these luxury brands' names despite having helped them sell billions of dollars worth of goods worldwide, according to Light Years IP, a Washington DC nonprofit that works on public interest intellectual property issues internationally.

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“Nearly 80 per cent of the Maasai population in Kenya and Tanzania are living below the poverty line,” the website explains. 

“Yet their distinctive and iconic cultural brand and intellectual property concepts have been used commercially around the globe.”

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It’s calculated that around 80 companies are presently infringing and as a result, the Maasai people should be collecting $10m in licensing fees every year.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/maasai-people-cultural-appropriation-luxury-fashion-retailers-louis-vuitton-east-africa-intellectual-a7553701.html

Murugi Kenyatta