KIMANA SANCTUARY, Kenya -- Kenya's most identifiable community is abandoning hunting lions with spears for javelin throwing at a biannual event called the Maasai Olympics. The Maasai people, renowned ...

Tropes against African Indigenous communities linger and continue to shape conservation, which has led to “protective” and ...

OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya — In the bracing morning cold in the forest highlands overlooking Kenya’s Maasailand, 900 teenage boys clad in traditional Maasai shukhas or blankets line up for a cup of hot milk ...

Caught in a terrible drought, the Massai elders are convinced they are victims of a curse by the God of Vengeance so must entrust the younger members of the tribe to bring back the mane of a mythical ...

As the coronavirus pandemic has dried up vital tourist dollars for Kenya's Maasai, one entrepreneur is finding ways to diversify sources of income for a community-run conservancy Coronavirus is ...

Throughout their history, the Maasai have relied solely on herding for survival, viewing their livestock as both a sign and source of wealth. however, increasingly frequent and severe drought in the ...