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, ...

In Mwanza, Tanzania, Nairukoki Leyian-Naisinyai tells me that here, “Corporations come with papers from the government claiming that they have the right to our land.” She points to the large ...

“I would like to think that women have the added advantage of a great ability to trust their intuition, which is a great attribute to have in ranger work. This coupled with our ability to bring our ...

20-something California entrepreneur Mindy Budgor wanted to find meaning beyond mani pedis, just-out-of-the-oven croissants (her fave), and her BMW, so she decided to become the Maasai tribe’s ...

Few communities reveal both the challenges and opportunities presented by cultural globalism more than Maasai communities in northern Tanzania. Traditionally pastoralists, the Maasai ethnic group’s ...

Maasai pastoralists Mary Nkaru, Susan Tonui and Charity Kokwai use a hay baling machine at Einabosho in Kajiado East, Kajiado County, Kenya. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Justus Wanzala ENAIBOSHO, Kenya, ...

A manyatta guest room at Twala Tenebo Women Cultural Centre in Laikipia North. The units are owned by two women groups. Before she joined a group of women to do business, Ms Gladys Meshami totally ...

Three teenage Maasai girls participate in a traditional ceremony in June 2013. Photo by Zuberi Mussa. As climate 'tipping points' near, scientists plan for the unthinkable Roe v Wade: Which US states ...

Doris Dikir (right) with Murugi Kenyatta during one of the trainings in Kajiado County. Nairobi; Kenya: For many years, Doris Dikir depended on the money she made from selling beads at Bomas of Kenya ...