OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — 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 ...

Esther doesn't seem to notice the expansive landscape, the distant line of mountains across the border in Tanzania or the thorn acacias dotting the savannah. Eyes shining, the 11-year-old in her blue ...

Yet, there is a growing wave of enlightenment, as more Maasai elders, leaders, and mothers recognize the changing times. Schools now represent not a threat to culture, but a shield to preserve it in ...

In March, the Tanzanian government issued a new round of eviction notices impacting Maasai communities: The first one was issued in Simanjiro district for the expansion of Tarangire National Park ...

Conventional conservation wisdom has held that cattle herds managed by Indigenous Maasai in East Africa compete with wildlife for grazing land and degrade protected areas like Kenya’s Maasai Mara and ...

One of her traditional responsibilities as a Maasai wife and mother is to help build the homes that make up this temporary settlement. “We just came to a plain field here, and now you can see a full ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OLAIMUTIAI, Kenya (AP) — In the bracing ...