Voice of Maasai artists come from communities across northern Tanzania and southern Kenya.
The Maasai are widely recognized for their pastoral heritage in the Rift Valley region, where cattle, land, and seasonal movement have shaped social and economic life for generations. Today, those traditions continue — but they exist within rapidly changing political, environmental, and economic landscapes.
As land access shifts and global forces reshape rural life, many young Maasai artists navigate a complex intersection of tradition and modernity. Music, storytelling, and creative production have become powerful ways to express identity, preserve language, and engage a wider world on their own terms.
Voice of Maasai exists to support that creative expression — not as preservation of a culture frozen in time, but as collaboration with artists shaping what comes next.
Fun Fact:
Did you know?
The Maasai giraffe is the largest subspecies of giraffe and the tallest land mammal found in Tanzania and Kenya. It is characterized by its jagged spots.
MAASAILAND
Maasailand sits across the Tanzanian/Kenya border, centered on the volcanic soils of the Great African Rift Valley. The area is largely made up of arid or semi-arid lands. The landscape is made up of cropland mosaic and Acacia-dominated woodlands all creating a dynamic habitat for the wild and domesticated herbivores. The typography includes key highlands along with low lying swamps which dramatically change the landscape seasonally.
KILIMANJARO REGION OF TANZANIA
Many of the Voice of Maasai tribesmen and women call Kilimanjaro Region home. The Kilimanjaro Region is most famous for the presence of the towering mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa. It stands 330 kilometers south of the equator on the northern border of Tanzania, and measures 19,563 feet or 5,963 meters.
TANZANIA
Tanzania is located in East Africa and shares a border with Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. The country is made up of over 50 million residents, 120 ethnic groups or tribes, together with relatively small but economically significant numbers of Asians, Arabs and a small European community. The official language spoken is Swahili and the second is English.
AUSTIN TEXAS
Jessey Jansen, Founder of Voice of Maasai Music Productions, currently resides in Austin Texas, dividing her time between the live music capital of the world and the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. Austin is the state capitol of Texas and offers limitless inspiration for creative entrepreneurs, music lovers, artists, foodies and outdoor enthusiasts and is the perfect launch pad for introducing Voice of Maasai to the world.