There are approximately 880,000 Maasai spread evenly between Kenya and northern areas of Tanzania ~ Maasai derives from the word Maa so Maa-sai means 'my people'. Their population in Kenya currently stands at 840,000, they live a nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyle and are perhaps best known for their distinctive customs and dress. The Maasai lifestyle centres on the herding of cattle and they have an ancient tradition that God bequeathed to them all the cattle on earth.