Actively immersing yourself in a foreign culture and becoming a participant instead of an observer is a powerful way to ...

Maasai jewelry is a colorful expression of culture and identity, with every bead telling a story. The Maasai people, native to Kenya and Tanzania, have used jewelry for centuries as a mode of ...

Despite the oppression, thought to be embedded in their culture, Maasai women play an important role in the day-to-day affairs of her home and the wider community. Being the person nature has ...

The Maasai have a strict patriarchal society — men hold the power to make decisions and they run the community. But a group of young Maasai women are turning their culture's long-held gender ...

Both champion women’s rights in their community, but they are keen not to condemn all of Maasai culture. They argue that there are several factors unique to the Maasai that have global value.

Meet Denver's Most Remarkable Woman, CMCI student Angel Mollel. After moving from a male-dominated village in Tanzania to the U.S. in 2012, Mollel launched the foundation 1 Love to improve the ...

Handout Maasai women’s beadwork have helped them showcase their culture, empower local artisans, and earn a sustainable income for themselves.

Kenya is not one of those countries, and among Kenya 's Maasai people, the ritual has long been considered an important rite of passage for its young girls.

SOME women who haven't undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in pastoral communities in Arusha have failed to venture into marriage, as their communities continue to embrace the out-dated ...

Women in traditional Maasai clothing are not a common sight in Pittsburgh. So it might be surprising that on the day three women from the Kenyan village of Olorgesailie arrived here this summer, a ...