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THE ILOMON PROJECT

THE ILOMON PROJECT

Documenting and Preserving Maasai Remedies

ABOUT

Ilomon is the Maa word for stories. The Ilomon Project seeks to document the stories of plants and people alike, ensuring the preservation and documentation of East African Maasai traditional remedies.

View the Database

Ilomon's Maasai Medicine database is the most comprehensive of its kind, detailing almost 90 Maasai remedies in Maa (the language of the Maasai), Swahili, and English. Quality audio recordings and nearly 300 detailed pictures can also be found in this easy-to-navigate database.

Search by disease

Maa Transcriptions

Search by scientific, common, or Maa name

Maa Audio Recordings

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Detailed photography

Translated in 3 languages

Meet The Team

Ilomon Director Max Bloom

Max Bloom

Project Director

Sianga Kuyan

Sianga Kuyan

Field Supervisor

Loma Leaseki

Loma
Leaseki

Translator/Field Agent

Nicholas Kuyan

Nicholas
Kuyan

Translator/Field Agent

Ilomon Co-Director Beckett Dolan

Beckett
Dolan

Co-Director

Our Mission

Ilomon's Mission is to record and preserve the natural medicine of the Maasai tribe. Read more here...

Research/Findings

What are the dangers facing Maasai and global traditional medicine, and what is Ilomon's new approach?

Blog

Learn more and tune in to Ilomon's field research

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