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FAKE MAASAI AT ZANZIBAR

 


We noticed this topic as a fashion on the social media, where different tourists spending short vacation at Zanzibar are talking and convincing people about fake Maasais at beaches of Zanzibar. What exactly "a fake Maasai" should be I don't really know but let me to explain this topic more deeply. 

First of all you can be sure - there are no fake Maasais on the beach. It means that all those young or older men in red shukas who are just walking on the beach, or who are selling souvenirs, or who are bothering tourists with love-bombing and lies, who are jumping in the hotels on the evenings' show - all these people are real Maasai. From specific regions, but still the Maasai - real one. There is nothing that much amazing on being a Maasai now-days. It's more a shame. How sad. Proud and honest people from Maasai tribe  from the past are slowly dying and disappearing and the beaches are covered and crowded by Maasais cowards, scammers and criminals (mean and cruel people) who will do all possible for the money. But still - they are real Maasai - shame of the Maasai culture. From what we can see it's possible to  divide the Maasais at Zanzibar into 4 main groups just for better explanation. 

1. MAASAIS FROM THE VILLAGES / FROM THE BOMAS IN THE BUSH

   This group represents a majority of Maasai you can meet in Tanzania. At Zanzibar the most of these people are from Tanga, Manyara and Pwani region, from the villages like Kiberashi, Kwediboma especially Elerai, but also Handeni, Songe, Gitu, Chalinze, Morogoro etc. Maasais are never (or maybe very rarely) living directly in the villages (except of Elerai and Lesoit), they are mostly living in the bushes near to those villages. In the village locals (Bantu people) are living, who often have not good relationship with the Maasai. They often fight together. Not long time ago Maasai were killing some Swahili people near Kiberashi and Swahili people killed some Maasai there, then for long time Maasai could not go to Kiberashi to the village anymore and the majority of Maasai hunting women from Zanzibar  are exactly from Kiberashi (Tange region). 

If you will meet a person in red shuka on the beach, you can be almost sure he is from this group. These people are often lying to you that they are from Arusha or Killimanjaro or other places but almost for sure they are not. Maasais at beach are lying almost in every sentence they will tell you. In this group you can find two different "sorts" of maasais, depends of origin. Parakujo (no idea how to write it) and Kisongo but this is not important for this article (the article about the  hierarchy and relationship among Maasai will come soon, wait for  it, it will  be interesting reading). There is no difference in behavior on the beach between them, they themselves only know about this - who is who. For me it's the same and I can hardly recognize them. These people are the biggest criminals and the most dangerous Maasais you can meet. For us and also for employers. Dishonest, fake people pretending attention and interest in you or at work. Many times drinking alcohol and stealing money, making frauds and crimes using each opportunity for it. Almost all big liars. Living in lies whole the time, trying to get as much money from youu as possible, pressing you to take them to Europe and then easily kick your ass. Whatever you will do for them, they will delete you from the life soon. Such  beautiful people :) with so big hearts. Yes, they have big heart (all of them for money, some of them for own Maasai families in the bush but no-one for the white people, especially not for a woman). That's it. Also this is a good question how big heart they have for their families when they are able to be without own children and without own wives for many months, fucking each time different white ladies, pretending love to them.

2. MAASAIS FROM THE CITIES (MOSTLY FROM ARUSHA). 

Maasais from the cities like Arusha are different in many things. They are really not many on the beaches because these people are living different life style than those from the bush and they still have some kind of pride (what Maasais from Tanga region simply don't have anymore). They are also real Maasai, speaking language Maa, having still some cultural differences and habits in comparison to locals but they are more civilized in general. Also their families are living in different ways, they are mostly educated, their women have some human rights,  more equal to men. Maasais from Arusha don't like to be dirty beachboys, they are not living in typical Maasais life for long (as those from the bush), just you can feel the differences. But to meet a Maasai from Arusha is not common and not easy on the beach. Not that easy as to meet Maasais from the country side. (Tange, Manyara and  Pwani region especially).

3. MAASAIS SELLING SHOES 

To be honest - I am not completely sure from where these guys exactly are. Maybe from Kilimanjaro and from areas near to national parks, but I am not sure about that .You can recognize them easily. All of them have always very short hair (never dreads and never artificial hair of warriors and they are just selling shoes and they really don't bother white women with love bombing. They are modest and quiet, they will offer you shoes in very nice way, without pressure and hunt. I like them. Often you can see them instead of in red shukas in blue ones. But they speak very bad English (because they are not beachboys and they don't have any experiences with white women), so you can't hardly ask them anything, they mostly don't understand you. But when you will try to speak to them in Maa language, they are impressed and honestly happy. They don't have that hatred to white people, at least I don't feel it and they are quite ok. Just selling shoes, mostly flippers from the leather or flippers with some beads. They are not dangerous for us. No-one from them never tried to hunt me or speaking nonsenses. And one "no thank you" is enough for them. If you will try to tell "no thank you" to  Maasai from Tanga, he can start to be really vulgar, aggressive  and violent, because their strong and terrible  male ego  will not accept any "no" from a woman.

4. MAASAIS FROM KENYA

Sometimes you can meet the guys from Kenya but in very rare cases. And those from Kenya who are at Zanzibar are mostly really selling souvenirs. Kenya has also Maasais beachboys (those terrible animals who are hunting white women and making prostitution on the beaches, but they are mostly at home in Mombasa. They also speak Maa language but if I met 5 of them in whole my life - is too much. But of course they are also real Maasais. In Kenya is only one group of Maasais - Samburu. In Tanzania there are more kinds depends on area.


So now back to the topic of "fake Maasais". What can happen (theoretically)

1. Swahili beachboy has a Instagram account where he is acting like he is a maasai. Some Swahili people believe that white women like Maasais more, so that's why. But this can happen only on social media like Instagram, TikTok etc. Or at least I saw ONE Swahili guy who is trying to pretend he is a Maasai but only on his Instagram account, for sure not at beach. You can recognize Maasai by face, so this guy from Instagram, just one look and you know he is not any Maasai but typical Swahili beachboy from mainland. People from Zanzibar are not doing this, even not on social media. They don't respect Maasai and they mostly don't like them, they would never pretend they are Maasai, for no money. Local people from Zanzibar are Muslims, Maasais are christians (after missionary work in Tanzania), but Zanzibari would just never act or pretend that they are Maasais. They are so  far away from each other (look at history), they don't have anything common.

2. I also met a guy with a wig. He is a Maasai but he is old one. Old Maasais (out of warrior age set group) can't wear those artificial long hair. How those hair are making - Maasais have very short own hair and on this short hair they will make extensions from some kind of wool. It's connected with their own short hair with some kind of red thread but ONLY warriors can have it on the head. Otherwise it's not allowed for other Maasais. But one guy has a WIG :) But he is a Maasai, only not a warrior anymore and he really look very funny in that wig and in that age. He has always many beads and that wig -  to attract people more or I don't know why. You can meet him in Nungwi at beach.

And that's it.

They are two big reasons why it's not possible - to be a fake Maasais.

1. Locals Zanzibarian people REALLY don't like Maasais. They would never wear shukas and pretending to be Maasais. No way. 

2. Swahili people from mainland are also not doing that. Maasais KNOW EACH OTHER well. There is a whole ORGANISATION managing Maasais at Zanzibar. Once the fake Maasai would be on the beach, other Maasais would beat him with the stick and they would throw him out of the beach in 2 seconds. 

So nonsenses like the buses are coming to hotels with FAKE Maasais who will change the clothes somewhere in hotel wardrobes for jumping shows and then the buses will take them back to StoneTown after show to their homes it's a bullshit. And also the belief that MAASAIS ARE PROUD PEOPLE WHO WOULD NEVER HUNT WHITE WOMEN and something like REAL MAASAIS ARE ONLY IN THE BUSH, so that's why those who are on the beach are fake Maasais :) it's the biggest bullshit ever. Maasais need money as everyone else, they mostly can't find the money in the bush or at least NOT ENOUGH to feed their families. And what is the most sad that a woman who is writing  the book about beachboys doesn't know that they are no fake Maasais at Zanzibar. :) How easy can incompetent people feed us with nonsenses - it's enough to write a book about topic where you are lost and you don't have any idea. How dangerous. 

Also don't forget - Maasais can't do any craft and they are mostly uneducated. There is no way for them how to make enough money for them and their families in legal and honest way. They only can work  like  security (those without any education what is still the majority) but they REALLY don't like to work. Really. They can work for a short time only and after they will RUN to the beach to bother and to catch white woman there who will support them with money for free. Always - really always by using lies and manipulation.

Real maasais definitely are hunting white women today on the beaches and it's their main job and main source of money and the way how to feed their big families. (I don't know any Maasai who is not married already, they are married in age around 20 - 23 - 25 and to meet a Maasai on the beach who is still not married in the bush in almost impossible. These people are mentally supported by all their family members (including mothers, fathers and their own wives) in this crime and nobody from them has ANY PROBLEM with usage and abusing white women. They all (women including) will smile at you, knowing they are going to destroy your life and steal your money. This is who the real Maasais are today and you can easily meet them daily on the beach of Zanzibar in hundreds - bothering people, pretending the love and lying for getting more and more money. This is the reality - the only one. What a pity. A pity for Maasai tribe. And a danger for all good people. 

However, there is no fake Maasai at Zanzibar.









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