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 ...

"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 ...

In recent years, the Maasai of the Ngorongoro district – a region renowned for abundant wildlife and the iconic Ngorongoro Crater – have been the target of these evictions. They’ve faced ...

When a person died at the homestead (enkang’) the Maasai would vacate that house (enkaji) and move to another one. They would pay a man who had no family known in Maa as Olkirikoi to remove the ...

These are where the local Maasai practice rites of passage and old religious beliefs that preserve this place. But as life, religions and the way people see land change in this remote corner of ...

It was once a rite of passage for warriors to kill lions to prove their bravery, but now the Maasai community works to protect them. Empaps (Meshack) Sayialel, Maasai The Maasai have a long ...

Spanning more than 1,500 square kilometers, Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve serves as one of the African continent’s crown jewels for ecotourism, with a truly staggering array of native ...

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 ...