Water Wars Pulitzer Gateway

Malia P

The water shortage affects people economically because pastoralists depend on their livestock for their livelihoods and to feed their families. If these people can’t get water for their animals then the animals will die and the pastoralists’ culture will die out. If the pastoralist culture dies out that is one way in which the people of East Africa are affected socially. Politically the people of East Africa are affected by the water crisis because lack of water can cause conflicts between tribes. If tribes begin to die out because of the water crisis or water based conflict then this could greatly affect the political structure of Africa. The fact that tribes are fighting over water also affects the people socially. If tribes are always being attacked and the people constantly see their friends and family dying, the people may be less inclined to form personal relationships and this could gravely alter the social structure of these tribes.

  

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