While the primaries focus of this Web site is the Campi ya Kanzi safari camp, we find that many people come to our Web site for information about the Maasai. We are happy to help them, since a wider understanding of this fascinating tribe can only be beneficial. Therefore, we have added the following list of resources to aid researchers.
The focus of this list is quality and variety, not quantity. We are not trying to list every single reference that can be found, just those that are likely to prove useful. Therefore, these references have been screened to provide a number of different perspectives. Some are from grade school students, some are college research papers, some are from advocacy groups, and some are best-selling books. All of them are interesting in their own way, and may prove useful to researchers on the Maasai people.
Before you leave our site, you may want to review our essay about the Destiny of the Maasai and Challenges and Hopes. Take a look at our photo album of local wildlife and Maasai people, and see how eco-tourism at our safari camp benefits the environment and the Maasai. We hope that this will inspire you to come visit us some day!
The list is arranged by media type: Web sites, and books
Web sites
Title: Maasai
Infoline
Comment: The only Web site actually built by a
Maasai warrior!
Title: The Maasai Culture and Ecological
Adaptations
Comment: Good anthropology paper by students
at Denison University
Title: Kenya -- Ethnic Groups
Comment: A paper comparing the Maasai to the
other tribes of Kenya
Title: Art and Life in Africa
Comment: Offers a summary of information about
the Maasai, and makes it easy to compare them to other ethnic
groups of Africa.
Title: Maasai Language Project
Comment: Information about the Maa
language
Title: Maasai Environmental Resource
Coalition
Comment: An advocacy group working to protect
the ecosystems of the Maasai
Title: Maasai
Education Discovery
Comment: Advocacy site, working to improve
education of the Maasai
Title: Ross
Warner Photography
Comment: Photos of Maasai
Books
Title: Maasai
Author: Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Publisher, date, ISBN: Abradale Press, 1990,
810980991
Comment: Gorgeous "coffee table"
book, actually written by a Maasai
Title: The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An
Autobiography
Author: Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Publisher, date, ISBN: University of
California Press, 1988, 520063252
Comment: Amazing details from the life of
Tepilit Ole Saitoti, born and raised a Maasai warrior, who
later attended school in Europe and graduated from a US
university.
Title: Inkishu Myths and Legends of the
Maasai
Author: Kioi Wa Mbugua
Publisher, date, ISBN: Jacaranda Designs,
1995, 9966884971
Comment: Myths, legends, art and poetry of the
Maasai
Title: The Last of the Maasai
Author: Mohamed Amin
Publisher, date, ISBN: Camerapix, 2000,
1874041326
Comment: Many beautiful photos; available in
English, German and Swedish
Title: Maasai (Heritage Library of African
Peoples. East Africa)
Author: Tiyambe Zeleza
Publisher, date, ISBN: Rosen Publishing Group,
2000
Comment: Illustrated book on the traditions
and history of the Maasai.
Title: The Orphan Boy : A Maasai
Story
Author: Tololwa M. Mollel
Publisher, date, ISBN: Clarion Books, 1995,
395720796
Comment: Children's book. The author
re-tells a story from his childhood, illlustrated with very
nice paintings.
The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, and the Maasai
Foundation of East Africa: informations, web sites and
newsletters.
» Know more about the
foundations
