herder
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A goat herder from a remote area of western Kenya has told the BBC his discovery of a golden nugget has sparked a gold rush, overwhelming his small village over the last few weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
In Abdali, an agricultural region abutting Iraq, a lone herder tended to dozens of camels on a recent afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Aliyu Abdullahi Isa, a 25-year-old Fulani herder, knows the names of all the 20 white cattle grazing on the remains of dry stalks of maize.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
Namnyak, a Maasai herder in north Tanzania, fears a carbon credit scheme linked to Volkswagen -- dismissed by NGOs as "greenwashing" -- could destroy her community's way of life.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
Once she dodged behind a brushpile as the town herder came by with some cows to pasture.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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