The maasai (or masai) people are an east african tribe who today principally occupy the territory of southern kenya and northern tanzania, and who speak the language of the same name. The maasai occupy a total land area of 160,000 square kilometers with a population of approximately one half million people. One of the famous tribes of africa, the nomadic and pastoralist maasai people are a nilotic ethnic group inhabiting selected but large parts of northern, central and southern kenya and across the border in northern tanzania as well.
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They live by herding cattle and goats
The maasai have not fared well in modern africa
Until the european settlers arrived, fierce maasai tribes occupied the most fertile lands.
