In a remote Maasai community in Kenya, ... And then they take back the cows (as bride price)," explains Musheni. 15-year-old Purity Risanoi has been at the school for five years.

When you give a Maasai warrior a 7-iron, he instinctively compares it to the spear in his other hand. He carries that traditional, effective weapon every day from his adolescent rites of passage ...

The Maasai representatives who visited in 2018 identified five objects, out of the 188, that were especially sensitive. These are objects of inheritance, meant to stay within the family.

KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the country's most recognizable community. But climate change is ...

The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has ruled in favor of the Tanzanian government after a five-year legal battle between Maasai communities and the state over evictions that took place in 2017.

Today, most Maasai in Tanzania live in a district called Ngorongoro. Sergio Pitamitz /VWPics/AP/File Maasai are pictured with their cattle in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, March 13 ...

The Maasai say that since June 2022, Tanzania has taken or killed over 600,000 of their cows and demanded over $2.5 million in fines for grazing.

The 2022 forced evictions of Indigenous Maasai from Ngorongoro Conservation Area ... indicating a desperate move by parents to make a bit of money from the bride price and have one less ...

In June, the Tanzanian government detained ten Maasai leaders and injured over thirty during peaceful demonstrations against the eviction.It was reported that the wounded “had to cross over to ...

The Maasai culture is a unique one [Medium] ... Traditionally, marriages are arranged by elders, with the bride's family receiving a dowry of cattle from the groom's family. The spitting ceremony.

A typical Maasai girl was traditionally viewed as a source of wealth for the father in form of bride price. At a tender age, they used to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) making them ...