“We know how to kill lions,” one young Maasai warrior said in Swahili during a heated community meeting, and he didn’t mean only the spears that he and his fellow Maasai carry. He also meant ...

It was once a rite of passage for warriors to kill lions to prove their bravery, but now the Maasai community works to protect them. Empaps (Meshack) Sayialel, Maasai The Maasai have a long ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Maasai warriors. [Courtesy, David Macharia] It was Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of ...

Maasai girls are taking up martial arts to protect themselves from sexual abuse and violence stemming from early marriage KILGORIS, Kenya -- KILGORIS, Kenya (AP) — “I am worth defending!” a ...

and the Gabra who live in the north Maasai warriors who are yet to kill a lion wear huge enkuraru ostrich feather headdresses for ceremonies Samburu men wear theirs with piles of beads and paint ...

The following day, as they marched to view the land that would lay the foundation for "new Zion", they were confronted by Maasai warriors dressed in war kits; “tall ostrich feather plumes waving ...