[Peterson Githaiga, Standard] A new report has shown that Maasai men are not actively taking care of their children, leaving the role of child care to women. The report shows that lack of fathers ...

The young people were taking part in a re-interpretation of the "Olamayio" rites undertaken by young Maasai men to prove their skills, identify their leaders and attract girlfriends. But the ...

Young Maasai men once had to kill a lion to earn their stripes and become a warrior. The poisoning problem received worldwide attention in early 2009, when a U.S. television newsmagazine ...

Thousands of Maasai men and women, draped in red-patterned Shuka cloth and waving grass, a symbol of peace, were blocking the highway. They were staging a peaceful protest against the Tanzanian ...

The young people were taking part in a reinterpretation of the “Olamayio” rites undertaken by young Maasai men to prove their skills, identify their leaders and attract romantic partners.

The researchers recorded men, women, and children from the nearby Maasai and Kamba tribes and played those recordings for elephants over two years. The elephants reacted defensively—retreating ...

Every 15 years, the Maasai hold a ceremony called Olngesher where young men graduate to become community elders. This year was the first time the rite of passage was held during a global pandemic.

During these three interrelated rites of passage, a group or age-set of Maasai boys pass together from being children to being morans (warriors), then adults and then elders. Enkipaata is a ...