About us
I became famous as Enjimaasai. I come from a nomadic Maasai family from the region of Iringa, a town located in the center of the mountains of southern Tanzania. My life took a turn when I met Ruth Nesije, the director of the Tanga International Competence Center (TICC), a social enterprise based in Norway: She welcomed me very warmly, financed my studies and offered me a job as a supply manager. I will be eternally grateful to her for the compassion she had for me. While working, I continued to draw in my spare time and a year later I launched the Enjimaasai brand. I opened my store and my business was very successful. I had the opportunity to present my creations at the Swahili Fashion Week in which I have participated since 2017, then at the Jarga Art and Fashion Weekend in Oslo on three occasions. I have been nominated for awards three times and was invited to New York Fashion Week twice in 2020 and 2021 but was unable to attend due to the pandemic.
I experienced success as a designer and established contacts between Tanzania and Europe. When I see myself again, young and defenseless, struggling to become who I am today, currently living in two different cultures, that of Tanzania and European, I feel infinite gratitude. I then decided to focus more on pearls. I consider pearls as something very precious to me, not only because I made them when I was child, but I find it represents the strongest of every Maasai woman, including me- even. Check out what the three sisters are up to together here…
Our collections
Our jewelry
​From the famous African tribe, the Maasai people of Morogoro in Tanzania. The Maasai are a semi-nomadic people living in Tanzania and Kenya, our African jewelry handcrafted with glass beads is recognizable by the multitude of its colors and patterns. Happy from ENJIMAASAI works with her two sisters to create unique contemporary jewelry designs using traditional techniques. These bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings will give you a revisited ethnic look.
Scarves
Maasai shuka is a type of cloth traditionally worn by the Maasai people of East Africa from Tanzania and Kenya, it is a rectangular piece of cotton or woolen cloth and usually measures approximately 2 by 1.5 meters metre. The shuka is usually red in color, although other colors such as blue and green are also used. This piece of fabric can also be used to wrap around our shoulders and both men and women use this outfit, it is very well known for being durable, sold and thick this fabric protects the maasai from the weather and the savannah terrain.
