Maasai Tribune

The mane event Varun AdityaThere is a sense of haunting to the roar of a lion veiled in darkness. The emphatic “ooooaa!” demands attention as it starts in the abdomen and reverberates through the night ....

A new method of counting cheetahs has helped researchers to get a better idea of their numbers. Mara Cheetah Project, Femke BroekhuisBeing a cheetah researcher in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, I’m often asked how many cheetahs ....

A Maasai herdsman takes his cattle to graze. Reuters/Antony NjugunaPastoralism is the main production system practised by communities who live in range lands and dry lands which are usually arid or semi-arid. But pastoral communities ....

A group of Maasai men look at the mobile phone belonging to one of them. Timothy Baird, CC BY-NDMobile phones are everywhere. In fact, they may be nearly as common on the African savanna as ....

The design and colours of the bead work convey particular messages. Author Supplied Maasai warriors wearing red and women wearing beads have come to be seen as symbols of “traditional” Africa. These colourful glass beads ....

Filming of Maasai and tourist interactions. Vanessa Wijngaarden, Author providedMy study of interaction between tourists and a Maasai community raised questions about the boundaries between research, tourism and entertainment. For one thing, the local Maasai ....

Pastoralist communities, like the Maasai, and their animals live in "bomas" which protect them from wild animals. Shutterstock/Papa BravoLoss of biodiversity is one of the major global concerns of our time. According to four recently ....

Circumcision of both boys and girls is practiced by the Maasai in Tanzania. Dai Kurokawa/EPAThree decades into a global campaign to end the cultural practice of female genital mutilation and cutting worldwide, the desired change ....

A group of Maasai women and children in Kenya. Tim Cronin/CIFORFood and nutrition security exists when everyone has access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life all the time. In ....

An elephant grazing in Kimana Conservancy, Kenya. Author providedConflict between humans and elephants has reached a crisis point in Kenya. As the elephants have begun to regularly raid farms in search of food, it has ....