I was at a conference in Kenya when I first met a member of the Maasai, a group of people who live in East Africa. He had a question for me – and the answers could have the potential to dramatically ...

Carlton, Masai Mara, luxury is not imposed on the landscape—it is drawn from it. Maasai voices, craft, and knowledge define the experience from within ...

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 species ...

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 ...

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 ...

Risa, Kenya — Kenya's Amboseli National Park is home to an abundance of wildlife. It's one of the best places in Africa to see herds of elephants up close. The area is also home to the Maasai people, ...

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 ...

A tourist shop for clothing and jewelry in a Maasai open-air market in Atone, Kenya. Shutterstock To sum it up in one word, the aesthetics of the Maasai are iconic. I say aesthetics and not culture ...

A pride of 19 lions march down a hill, their golden fur blended in with the savannah. On the nearby ridge stand a confusion of wildebeests—unaware of their grisly fate. It’s a scene that plays out ...

The Maasai no longer have to hunt lions to gain some pride. DAI KUROKAWA / EPA Making something illegal will not stop it happening – just look at the trade in endangered animal parts in traditional ...

For Nadutari Tingisha, making beaded jewelry is the only job she’s ever known. “Beading is something we grew up doing, so we will never give up on it,” she says. She typically spends her days hawking ...