HOW TO EASILY RECOGNIZE THEM

First lets talk about definition of word "Maasai beachboy" we will use in this personal blog. Maasai beachboy for us is a male person from Maasai tribe, who is coming to Zanzibar  with intention to find and catch woman (mostly tourist, not necessary white) to create relationship with her by using  manipulation and lies. This person has only one goal, to make frauds on that woman and get her money or other advantages like VISA to Europe. These people are mostly already married and having children in Maasai bush. That's why they don't have any serious plan with any white women, after usage they will discard her in very cruel way and they will find next one who will pay more. Other conditions like education or job doesn't make any difference.

Everyone can be a beachboy - mean and dishonest person with effort to lie and use others. Local people from Zanzibar, person from mainland, person from other country or a Maasai.

Beachboys are mostly jobless, they are walking on the beach from morning until evening. But also those who have shops with souvenirs, having jobs in hotels or who are offering trips (for what they mostly don't have any knowledge or permission) have in their head the exact plan. They need a white woman for getting money for their families at home (wives, sibling, parents and children). To have a shop with souvenirs or job doesn't mean ANYTHING. It's only the coverage. The money from the shops and also from jobs (mostly security, rarely more serious jobs in hotels) are so small, it cannot be enough,  even not for themselves. 

White woman is for these people only temporary until she will want to pay for them, send them money or she will make an effort to take them to Europe. If once they will not need her anymore or they will get better opportunity (they will meet more rich woman), they will delete her easily from their life in one second.  White woman is not the part of their long-term future, all what they are doing - they are doing for their families in the Maasai bush and all what they need from white person is money or VISA. Most of them are already married in very young age, having children but they will NEVER tell it  because they know white women mostly can't live in the conditions  of the polygamy. 

Also faithfulness to a woman in general doesn't mean anything for them ! If they will cheat on you with other women, they won't feel bad and they won't to  feel any guilt for it. To have many sexual contacts is for them very normal and natural. Because the culture of Maasais is polygamous with the habit of having more than one wife and with the history of "wife sharing" in the tribe. It's still common there and tolerated. Also the position of woman in tribe is not the equal with the man. They will not change the approach to white woman only because she is white. They can't respect a woman, that's why they can and they will cheat easily. To understand the differences everyone needs to be informed. Only informed person can make good decision for own life. 

Despite the fact that EVERYONE on the beach can be a beachboy (NOT ONLY A MAASAI), this blog describes deeply beachboys from Maasai tribe. THIS IS A PERSONAL BLOG, WHAT MEANS - IT'S BLOG ABOUT OUR OWN EXPERIENCE and our experience is ONLY with Maasais. This personal blog follows ONLY ONE goal - to warn other women against abuse, lies and frauds from the beachboys from Maasai tribe who are working/staying at Zanzibar. Nobody has any right to destroy other life of someone. Even not beachboys. Even not a Maasai ! On other side, everyone has the right to be warned about the danger to which she/he is exposed in a specific location. And beach of Zanzibar or Maasai boma in Tanzania is for sure the specific location. 

Maasais are not coming from Zanzibar. They are only traveling there to look for women (in most of cases) or look for the job (in few cases and especially at beginning). They use often the word "job". They are speaking about having JOB at Zanzibar but don't forget - for them is the job to abuse people - cheat on them, lie and manipulate them with goal to get their money as much as possible for as long as possible. Maasais beachboys are coming from mainland ONLY. Maasais from Kenya are coming to Zanzibar in few cases only. The most of the  Maasais you can meet at Zanzibar are Maasais from mainland of Tanzania. Most famous areas where the beachboys come from are in Tanga region,  Elerai (built mostly by beachboys for dirty money from used white women), Songe (Lesoit/Kiteto), Kiberashi, Kwediboma, Gitu and Handeni, or also from the area around Morogoro like Chalinze. 

If you will ask them where are they from, they will lie in the very first sentenc. They will tell you they are from Arusha or from Kilimanjaro. They are not !!! For them to lie is as normal as breathing the air. They lie automatically, many times without any reason to lie. Don't trust them any single one word getting out from their mouth. It's lie. 

Here we collected ELEVEN simply signs, how you can easily can recognize them in the group of other people.  

## 1. HE IS NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH 

They are not honest, they are fake people who are lying and cheating each single day. They lie in almost each sentence they will ever tell you. Don't trust Maasais from the beach, they don't have good intentions with you.

To find the truth about them is almost impossible, especially during short holiday. They cover each-other. Your visit in the bush is well planned and widely expected, everything is prepared in advance. His wife is sent to another family together with all his children. Sometimes his wife will stay home but he will introduce her like his sister who ran back to the original family because her husband was beating her. Other people from the tribe WILL NOT warn you. Nobody there will warn you because all need your money. Crimes on women are supported by WHOLE MAASAI COMMUNITY in the bush because everyone has some kind of profit from it. Nobody there will feel sorry for you. Remember this easy rule. They will have no empathy with you, they will see your good heart as your weakness and as your stupidity and naivety. They would not give anything what they have to foreign person, that's why they see you as stupid, not as good. You are someone who has to give them money and that's it. You are not any human being for them and you will never be. No Maasai (man, woman or child) will never warn you. If they would do that, they would be in the trouble. Maasais have own system of courts and to warn the white woman is in Maasai community a crime and that person who tried to warn white woman can be punished by elders.

## 2. HIS THINKING IS VERY LIMITED

They are often not educated. Many of them even don't know how to read and write and mostly they don't have any knowledge about nearly anything. Education (primary and secondary school) mostly means they know how to read and write but that's all. Also Maasais need children at home to help them with cattle. That's why children are more at home than in the school. Schools are not expensive, especially not primary schools. These people will never understand you well. All your expectations are out of reality and out of their possibilities. They will never behave as you want, as you hope and as you wish. Not only that the can't, they also don't want. Maasais are pastoral people, they don't know any craft. That's why their possibilities how to earn money today are very LIMITED. But families in the bush are pushing them to find the money and nobody cares how it will happen. Nobody at home asks them details. So what they can do - only to lie and manipulate women to get the money in easy and quickly way. They are following older guys and repeating the same behavior, the same frauds, which were effective in the past. They use, what has been working already. That's why the chance you can find appropriate and supportive partner on the beach, who will support you (as you expect) and who will understand you (as you expect) is nearly zero. 

## 3. HE HAS PROBLEM TO RESPECT A WOMAN 

This you will learn later. Because first the beachboys will start with strong and very cheap "lovebombing". But sooner or later every woman will understand what does "no respect" mean. The only woman respected by a Maasai beachboy is his mother (or mothers - other wives of his father), but for sure not you. Maasai beachboys have real problem to respect women in general. Woman in Maasai tribe has in most of cases limited rights. In relationship to woman are men often superior, abusive, cold, arrogant and selfish, with potential to own and to dominate. They don't feel sorry to treat woman in bad way, because for them, it's normal. WOMAN in Maasai tribe is NOT at the same level as a Maasai man. They are not equal human beings. This is how most of them were growing up. They don't know any other "normal" life style and they will not change anything on it, not in age 25. They will stay to be the same. In few days/weeks with them, you will not know more about their life style and their rules. But if you will be there longer, they will show you the true face of reality and magic fairy tale about the life with a Maasai warrior in the bush will disappear together with all your money and with your trust in "love story". 

## 4. HE IS NOT HONESTLY GRATEFUL AND NEVER FEELING SORRY FOR YOU

They will never tell you "thank you" in a honest way. They never have this feeling of "thanks" to woman. They also don't feel any sorry for a woman. Whatever bad they will do, they will not feel any sorry. Beachboys want to have everything (freedom, money, good food and good sex) but woman in general doesn't deserve anything from it. They feel always more than a woman. Next what they really hate is complaining. You cannot complain however big reason for complaining you have. If you will complain, they will be just angry. For sure they will never help you to go out of the troubles with them. Complaining by women is TABU in Maasai world and if you will do that, you will be punished by them. Also your tears will have opposite effect than you expect. Instead of support, help, hug and empathy, you will see angry maasais face. They often punish you by a silence. It's the way of manipulation. 

## 5. BEACHBOY IS GOOD ACTOR AND GREAT MANIPULATOR

They are very good in acting and pretending. If they feel money, they can play very persuasively, their victims will have no idea about game they are playing with them. And thus no chance to escape in time. Everything looks to be perfect. But it's a big lie. It's temporary for short time only until they will catch you. Whole the time they only will MANIPULATE you as they need to get your money. Maasais men are NEVER crying. It's now allowed and it's the sign of waekness. But in the case of getting money from you, they can cry with real tears. If you will see your beachboy to cry, you can be sure, he is just acting. It's a big shame for maasai man to show weakness, he cannot cry for any reason. Sometimes they have stories for you how someone from family (mostly child like little brother, little sister) is dying at home and he needs to collect money to save her/his life. It's mostly pure lie which they use to get money from you. This psychological manipulation is working very well, especially when they will use children. They don't have any limits in lying, no backbone, they will use stories about cancer, dying children, whatever... No limits. No shame.

## 6. BEACHBOY HAS NEVER ENOUGH

Whatever they will get from you it will be NOT ENOUGH. At the end of the day they will tell you, you didn't give them almost anything and they will block you and replace you for someone with more money. Nobody is rich enough to make maasai beachboy to be satisfied. Maasais beachboys mostly don't have only ONE white woman as a source of their money. Mostly they have many women to increase their passive income. Those women don't know about the existence of other one. Never forget, Maasais  are polygamous, it means they CAN HAVE more than one wife and nobody can blame them for it. Having more women at same time is for them not only very normal, but also needed and wanted. That's why they will NEVER feel bad for cheating on you and they will do that always with each  opportunity. Instead of feeling bad, they will feel good, because having more women is thing of the prestige in the bush. They will never have enough. Enough women, enough children, enough cows and enough money. Also those who are already rich (thanks to tourists) are still walking the beaches, searching for new and new victims because they never ever have enough !!! Each time the same faces, around and around.

## 7. BEACHBOY ISN'T ALONE IN HIS FRAUDS

Many times people around beachboys are covering their crimes. Nobody in the bush will tell you the truth about them. People from their families often pretend that you are first white person they have ever seen in the bush. What is not truth. For beachboy is very important to take you home, it's the tool for the future how to manipulate you easier through the children. Everyone knows this theatre, you are the only one there who really don't know anything. 

The reason why people are covering these guys is, that many people next to them have also financial profit from you. 

Some people in the bush maybe don't have any idea about their sons and about their life style at Zanzibar. But mostly they know exactly what is happening there. Many things which beachboys are doing at Zanzibar are not allowed in the bush. Many people believe that their sons have just job or business at Zanzibar, but they don't want to know more details, better they even don't ask. But some famous beachboys families know everything and still supporting beachboys in crimes doing on women only because they want and need money. They will not feel sorry for you and your lost. To steal a money from white person IS NOT ANY CRIME IN MAASAI CULTURE. 

The wives of beachboys are those who are taking care about white girlfriends of their husbands in the bush. These women are introduced to you like "sisters" or "wives of brother". Most of the beachboys (if not completely all) are already married in Tanzania and having children there. You will never know about that. Their culture forms all of them and makes them to be similar in the way of behavior and actions. To be married and having children is very important for every Maasai man. And those on the beaches are rich enough to get a wife. And they will do it immediately as they will get money from tourists. You will never know that you are paying him the possibility to have (to buy) a wife at home. Beachboy is not counting with you for the future. Only until he will get your money, after that he will be happy with his Maasai wife (wives) in the bush. Maasais don't really like white women, because of their independence and behavior. They need women who will be depended on them, respecting them without asking or complaining and obeying them in each single case. White woman is for them just problematic person, good only for stress. Once the white woman will stop support him with money, he will delete her from his life immediately. White woman has only one function for them. To be a wallet, just good working credit card.

At Zanzibar the covering of crimes is even much more visible. All is very well organized. Meetings on regular base are keeping the members to be informed what's going on there. If you will walk the beach with the biggest beachboy, who is changing white women each week, nobody from other maasais or elders will tell you that. Nobody will ever warn you.

MAASAIS HAVE MANY RULES, LET'S SAY - THEY HAVE RULE FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING. These rules are often good rules, crimes (like to steal something or to lie) are not allowed in maasai culture. BUT, at Zanzibar - they are not at home and rules there are not strict anymore and many things what would be in Tanzania at home not acceptable, in Zanzibar it's all possible and allowed. Especially in case of getting money from white woman - everything is allowed. Each crime. Drinking alcohol in visible way, smoking, taking drugs or waking up at lunch time is not allowed in the bush. But at Zanzibar maasais can do all what they want without any limits. And they love that freedom they have.

Maasais have also protectors from elders on the beach, who are responsible for young maasais men and they should control their behavior. They should just manage them, but this is not happening anymore and beachboys can be drunk on the beach each single day without any punishment, making just shame to maasais tribe and to maasai people, nobody will stop these young men in doing shame. We don't know exactly why, but it's reality. They can be drunk on the beach and nobody cares. And yes, meetings are often, but meetings are mostly not bringing any solution. Situation with maasai beachboys at Zanzibar is worse and worse each single year and nobody really cares. 

## 8. BEACHBOY IS EXPERT IN SPREADING GOSSIPS

If one of them will observe something, in 5 minutes all others maasais around will know about that. In moment that white woman will break up with her maasai boyfriend, all others will know immediately that she is free for next hunt and all others will jump on her quickly. Also you can be sure, all other beachboys around your boyfriend on the beach know about you ALL THE DETAILS. Don't tell beachboy any secret about you, they don't know what "secret" means. Don't send them pictures of your body, because then, everyone around your beachboy will enjoy it. Random people will know all about you. Beachboys will not keep any secret.

## 9. BEACHBOY DOESN'T LOVE YOU, BEACHBOY LOVES ONLY YOUR MONEY

They just love themselves (first of all), money, freedom and cattle. They also love their families in the bush, but you will never be part of it. NEVER. Whatever you will give them. If they feel something like love to their maasais wives in the bush, we don't really know. But for sure we know - they don't feel any love to white woman. They have no special demands on a white woman, it is enough for her to be rich and to be willing to give them money always and for everything they will ask. And of course she has to be stupid enough to trust them all their lies. 

To be loyal to one woman is very rare there because polygamy is allowed and to have one woman means to be poor. But new generation is changing already, they are starting to understand - many women and children mean a lot of responsibility and costs. But still, they will not change anything in their behavior because of you ! Their culture is for them most important thing in their life. Their culture guarantees them the highest rights, respect and supremacy over women until rest of their life. That's why they love the bush and being at home. In Europe with all the responsibility, with only one woman and with no freedom - they will be really suffering and sooner or later they will run back home. 

## 10. BEACHBOY IS INRESPONSIBLE AND LAZY TO WORK

They are irresponsible. They don't like condoms, they don't care about STD diseases and they will GLADLY make you pregnant without any real adult responsibility for you and your child. They will not ask you if you want to have a baby with them. It cannot be your decision, but theirs. After marriage you are that one who will be responsible for him. After you he will use your child to ask money forever. Child is for them an investment. In their culture is the rule. CHILDREN HAVE TO TAKE CARE ABOUT THEIR PARENTS AND SENDING THEM MONEY for REST OF THEIR LIFE. So they believe - situation with European children is the same and if the father is terrible or not - all you need to do is send him money always he will ask. This is what they know and what they need, because they will not work. Beachboys (and maasais in general) don't know any craft. Did you ever see some beachboy to make a craft ? To create a chair and sell it? To make a bread and sell it? No ! They are lazy to work, that's why they are walking the beach whole days, just hunting women, drinking and enjoying life of beachboy, without any responsibility.

##11. BEACHBOYS ARE JEALOUOS

They are very jealous. Not in the way of the love, but in way of the loosing their source of money which they have in us. That's why there are many competitions between beachboys in the way of fishing / taking / catching / hunting woman for themselves. They don't have any problem to take a girlfriend of their good friends for themselves. EVERY foreign woman is for beachboys like the WIN in LOTTERY. That's why they will always tell you "don't speak with others, and don't trust them, trust only me !". They will do all possible to keep you away from others, pressing you to block them. Also they will try to keep you away from the other white women who live on island for long and who know everything about life of the beachboy. They will try to keep you far away from the truth about them.