In the heart ofEast Africa, Kenya stands as a tapestry of diverse ethnic threads, yet onenarrative has been systematically overshadowed: the profound Maasai imprint onthe nation's identity. From the ...

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This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, and Native News Online. In Tanzania, the ...

Twenty-four years have passed since September 11, 2001. Kimeli Naiyomah, a proud member of the Maasai Tribe, stood in New York City that day, watching the towers fall. The country that had lifted him ...

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Maasai traditional religion, practices and values, led by a laibon, or spiritual leader, have conserved the Loita Forest in Kenya for generations. However, the spread of Christianity and government ...

Wearing his traditional red shuka and holding a spear, Issac Loilet sat outside his Tanzanian mud hut to ponder his fate, as the government continued evicting his tribespeople from their northern ...

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 ...

Gabriella Santini received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Royal Anthropological Institute, and the Parkes Foundation. Next to the world-famous Maasai ...

African Maasai shields, with their striking geometric designs and cultural significance, are now being used as a source of ...

In Tanzania, the Indigenous Maasai face an ongoing, violent campaign to evict them from their lands and make way for protected conservation areas and hunting reserves. This week, the Maasai are in New ...