The Samburu, Maasai and Rendille tribes of Kenya are famous for their elaborate feather headpieces Samburu men wear their headpieces after being circumcised but take them off when they marry Their ...

It is the benevolent Narok that has declared the Maasai tribe the rightful owners of all ... brothers including the step-brothers.” The men hold and control the main types of properties namely ...

The young people were taking part in a reinterpretation of the “Olamayio” rites undertaken by young Maasai men to prove their skills, identify their leaders and attract romantic partners.

My name is Angel Mollel, I was born and raised in Northern Tanzania, to the Maasai tribe. Out of the 16 siblings, I am one of the few that received an opportunity to attend school. I am a passionate ...

The young people were taking part in a re-interpretation of the "Olamayio" rites undertaken by young Maasai men to prove their skills, identify their leaders and attract girlfriends. But the ...

Thousands of Maasai men and women, draped in red-patterned Shuka ... transforming the region into a people-free zone to enhance safari tourism and hunting, as glorified in Western media like ...

We examine metabolic, market, and symbolic values of livestock relative to cultural “positioning” by gender, marriage, and household production among Maasai people in Simanjiro ... interviews for ...

For the Maasai people, in particular, these schemes have transformed their ancestral land from a foundation of pastoral life into a tradable asset within global markets, completely at odds with ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A Maasai athlete competes in the men's rungu -traditional Maasai weapon- throw during the ...