Krapf's 1857 account of the Maasai
My mom and I have translated one of the oldest published accounts of the Maasai. It is the article “A short description of the Masai and Wakwafi tribes in southeast Africa” which appeared in the journal Das Ausland (Abroad) in 1857. The author was Johann Krapf, a missionary who lived in a village inland from Mombasa from 1846 to 1853. From there, he made a number of travels deep into the East African interior in what is now Kenya and Tanzania.
Posted by E.S. on Thursday, September 30, 2021
