The Serengeti—whose name means “endless plains” in the Maasai language—is one of the most renowned natural landscapes in the world. Spanning northern Tanzania and extending into southwestern Kenya, ...

Father Francis Mol was buried in the Netherlands last week. When he sauntered into the lives of the Maasai community in Kenya 62 years ago, Frans Mol may not have known that his work on their culture ...

When an elephant killed a Maasai woman collecting firewood near Kenya's Amboseli National Park in 2007, a group of young Maasai men retaliated by spearing one of the animals. "It wasn't the one that ...

On the edge of the world-renowned Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya stands the Namunyak rescue center, a modest yet vibrant refuge for girls whose futures were once uncertain. Its name, Namunyak, ...

In a theme issue on fashion, beauty, and culture, Robert Biswas-Diener writes on how beauty is viewed by the Masai people of eastern Africa. They “appear to have a uniquely healthy outlook on physical ...