Choice of spouse
Ilmishiren (sub-clans) set the marriage rule — not the clan. Same Olmishire = Sister or Brother. Different Olmishire may show green in search with “Wanna say hi?”.
Foundation
About the Foundation
Supa Maasai Foundation is building lasting digital roots for the Maa community — identity, structure, and custom held with care.
This is not a ladder of who “descends from” whom. It is how the Maa community already names itself — each part with its own meaning, recorded so belonging can be found and protected.
Maa is the community. Within it live Nkutukie (tribes and languages), Murwa / Murua (regions — today often counties, the present lines of jurisdiction), Loshon (sub tribes), Irgilat (clans), Ilmishiren (sub-clans — what decides whether two people may marry), and Ilmareita (families — the smallest unit, usually an extended family related by blood).
Demonstration names such as Narok, Kajiado, Ilpurko, Ilaserr, and Lekitoy are sample records so the living network can grow in public. They keep expanding as real families join.
Product name: Maasinta Ai — Orekie lang' — Trace your belonging. Back to Maa roots of organization.
Living network
Roots that keep growing
Glide your cursor vertically along the spine — the path stays with your eye, not the scroll.
…Members…FamiliesCursor tracks the chainHint
Identity with dignity
Birthdate computes your age; you choose whether age is public. After you save, identity details tuck away under ⋮ Edit. Optional unique usernames, plus a blue email-verification badge like Meta.
Birthday from us
On your day, if you opt in, Nodemailer sends a branded Happy Birthday from Supa Maasai Foundation — a small digital enkang' greeting.
Living network
Each name on the spine is a real part of community life. Nearby families stay close; search finds a person anywhere and shows where they sit in the story — not a chain of descent.
How the community is named
Seven parts of one story — spoken as they are lived, not as a hierarchy of descent.
01
MAA
MAA · Community
The Maa community as a whole — the people this system exists for.
02
Nkutukie
Enkutuk · Tribe / Language
Tribes and languages — how people name the broad streams of Maa speech and belonging.
03
Murwa
Emurua · Region / County
Regions. Today these follow county boundaries — the current lines of jurisdiction, not a claim that counties invented the people.
04
Loshon
Olosho · Sub tribe
Sub tribes — the named bodies within a region that people already recognise.
05
Irgilat
Orgilata · Clan
Clans — a wider kinship name. Marriage eligibility is not decided here.
06
Ilmishiren (Nkajijik)
Olmishire (Enkaji) · Sub-clan
Sub-clans — the factor for choosing a spouse. Same Olmishire means clanical brother or sister; different Olmishire may allow marriage.
07
Ilmareita (Nkang'itie)
Ormarei (Enkang') · Family
Families — the smallest unit of the community. More often an extended family, related by blood.
Developed by Saitoti Njapit