HOW DO THE MAASAI AND SAMBURU TRIBES DIFFER?
Both tribes belong to the Nilotic family (as opposed to the Bantu family) and are originally
pastoralists and semi-nomadic. They speak two languages that are very close to each other
and have similar traditions, but they also live in very different regions (the Samburu in the arid
North, the Maasai mostly in the fertile South of Kenya) and this has modified their lifestyles. In a way, the Samburu are the old-fashioned version of the Maasai, even more traditional and more community-oriented.
pastoralists and semi-nomadic. They speak two languages that are very close to each other
and have similar traditions, but they also live in very different regions (the Samburu in the arid
North, the Maasai mostly in the fertile South of Kenya) and this has modified their lifestyles. In a way, the Samburu are the old-fashioned version of the Maasai, even more traditional and more community-oriented.