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Chapters: Maasai, Nyakyusa, Hadza People, Chaga, Dinka, Hehe, Kaguru, Fipa, Safwa, Sukuma, Sandawe People, Nyiha, Bembe People, Haya, Makonde People, Mwanga People, Isanzu, Nena People, Akie, Lambya, Iraqw, Rangi, Shambaa, Sonjo, Mambwe, Aweer, Ndamba, Kisi People, Datooga, Mpoto, Gweno, Kisankasa, Kwavi, Barabaig, Kerewe, Assa, Pangwa, Ikoma, Bondei, Jita, Maviha, Nyambo, Dhaiso, Alagwa, Sumbwa, Jiji, Magoma, Ha People, Ikizu, Kwaya, Segeju, Pogoro People, Ndali, Makwe, Kami People, Arusha, Machinga, Bena People, Kwere, Nindi, Nilamba, Ndengereko, Kara, Matumbi, Ngasa, Hangaza, Shubi, Gorowa, Mwera, Burunge, Ndonde, Manda, Bungu, Doe People, Rwa, Rungwa, Ngindo, Mbugwe, Kahe, Rufiji, Nyaturu, Ngurimi, Luguru, Rungi, Konongo, Sizaki, Pimbwe, Matengo, Malila, Kutu, Sagara People, Ndendeule, Mbunga, Kimbu, Nyanyembe, Kagura, Kwifa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 283. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Maa (l Maa) The Maasai (also called Masai) are a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well known of African ethnic groups. They speak Maa, a member of the Nilo-Saharan language family that is related to Dinka and Nuer, and are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania: Swahili and English. The Maasai population has been variously estimated as 377,089 from the 1989 Census or as 453,000 language speakers in Kenya in 1994 and 430,000 in Tanzania in 1993 with a total estimated as "approaching 900,000" Estimates of the respective Maasai populations in both countries are complicated by the remote locations of many villages, and their semi-nomadic nature. Although the Tanzanian and Kenyan governments have ins...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20523 ... Read more