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The Maasai (also spelt Masai) were once the dominant peoples of the plains of East Africa. Now they are restricted to portions of southern Kenya and Tanzania. There are about 300,000 to 380,000 Maasai. They speak a variant of the Maa language which is spoken by several tribal groups in Kenya and Tanzania with about a million speakers in total.
The Maasai are famous for their fearlessness as warriors and for their cattle which they regard as “the breath of life.” Traditionally they raised cattle only, but in the 1880’s cattle diseases introduced inadvertantly by the colonialists decimated as much as 80% of Maasai cattle. Today they need raise maize and other crops to survive.
The Maasai have become media favorites because of the dramatic geometric patterns of their crafts, and their amazing jumping dances which are like no other dance arts elsewhere on earth.
More info on the Maasai.
