Google “Maasai” and search under the Images tab. You can either glance at the first few results or scroll for an hour and still come away with a singular image in mind, that of East Africans wearing ...

Spending 24 hours with a Maasai tribe in Kenya is a powerful and eye opening cultural experience. This journey offers a close look into daily life, traditions, and values that have been preserved for ...

MOMBASA, KenyaMOMBASA, Kenya — The Tanzanian government is seizing livestock from Indigenous Maasai herders in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in its latest attempt to clear way for tourism and ...

A mortified silence suddenly fell over our animated chatter. Joash ole Moi’s fingers trembled as he placed his mug of coffee on the oak table; his eyes trailed a couple – a young African man and an ...

Spending 24 hours with a Maasai tribe is an unforgettable way to understand Kenya beyond the usual travel highlights. In this ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

To sum it up in one word, the aesthetics of the Maasai are iconic. I say aesthetics and not culture because consumption of this static imagery is more akin to commodification rather than a broadening ...