A Maasai Murder

In recent times, there have been many strange "marriages" between women from the sophisticated West and Maasai warriors from Africa. This fast-paced blog novel in progress brings you the inside story of one such strange union where the dark past of both the Maasai warrior and the white woman who falls madly in love with him, catches up with them suddenly and ruthlessly in the African bush. Check the posts every day as the story hurtles forward to a shattering and very unexpected climax.

Monday, June 04, 2007

A frenzy of a Masai dance

Even describing the Masai dance is no easy task. The men gather together with the women singing in their high pitched soprano voices as the men reply in their deep voices. They then start to jump higher and higher into the air with their hands on their sides firmly holding their spears. Soon the music is punctuated by their piercing war cry screams as they go into some sort of frenzy.