Tanzania - The Massi

Everywhere we teach people ask us if God is white and why then did He make black people look different. We explain that Jesus was not white but it is just that many of the images that people see are made in the "western" countries where people like to make Jesus look like them. So sad that in the school we see why people ask us ... even in Massi land ... Jesus is white.

This is said to be one of the last true tribes in the whole world. When you think of Tribal ... this is it. The Massi men traditionally became men only after killing a lion with their own hands. The women, wow ... these women work. The men marry many women and it is the woman's job to provide for her husband. So she has to cook for him ... so that she can be a worthly wife or he will go and get another one.
The meat of a cow is mostly allocated to being eaten only by men. The women can only eat the intestines and small other parts. The children are next in line after the women ... so often the Massi women and children are malnutrised because all the food has gone to the men. The girls are also circumcised around 13 to prepare them for marriage.
This is a hard life ... they live where it is so dry nothing grows and there is little to no water. They have thatched thorn fences to keep the wild animals out ... yep lions and the like. These guys are incredible ... visiting them was awesome.