Despite the oppression, thought to be embedded in their culture, Maasai women play an important role in the day-to-day affairs of her home and the wider community.

Travelers go on safari in Kenya’s Maasai Mara to experience wildlife in their natural, open habitat, that’s a given. But those who also travel for gastronomic experiences will find both in a ...

What’s been holding the forest together so far is the traditional Maasai religion, culture and community-based conservation. But life is changing in the Loita Forest, worrying traditional ...

Tanzania has a long and troubling history of evicting communities from their lands. This has happened under the guise of ...

During these three interrelated rites of passage, a group or age-set of Maasai boys pass together from being children to being morans (warriors), then adults and then elders. Enkipaata is a ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A Maasai elder grazing his herd of cattle. Kenya’s Maasai community is slowly adapting ...

In Maasai culture, spitting isn't viewed as a derogatory gesture, but considered a blessing and as a way to bring fortune. (They also spit on newborn babies and brides on their wedding day.) ...

"We will fight for our land until the end" reads a sign by a Maasai woman in 2013 More than 100 Maasai huts in Tanzania have been allegedly burned down by game reserve authorities near the ...

An early morning in Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve - with wildebeest quietly grazing, birds crowding on the branches of a lone acacia tree and some zebras meandering nearby - is suddenly ...