Enkai is the creator god of the Maasai people. He reveals himself in three colors: white, red, and black. Among them, red and black speak the loudest.
Inspired by the oral traditions of the Maasai, this episode follows a lone Maasai woman as she offers a series of prayers, pleas for life, for mercy, for a child. Her voice becomes a bridge between the earthly and the divine.
The story is told in a poetic, haiku-like form..sparse, symbolic, and intimate. Inspired by the oral traditions of the Maasai.
It’s an experiment.
Take your time. Listen. Feel it.
I hope you enjoy. 😁
Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/JD8Y9LJpmUk
SOURCES
Naomi Kipuri. Oral Literature of the Maasai. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 1983.
Dorothy L. Hodgson. The Church of Women: Gendered Encounters between Maasai and Missionaries. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005.
Jomo Kenyatta. Facing Mount Kenya. London: Secker and Warburg, 1938.
Douglas E. Thomas. African Religions: Beliefs and Practices through History. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2018.
Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama, eds. Encyclopedia of African Religion. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2008.
Project FUEL. Engai: God of the Maasai. Google Arts & Culture, n.d
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