maasai (african people)

Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Moreng?ru the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself among a troop of baboons.

A collection of photographs featuring the Maasai people in Kenya, traditionally nomadic herders, highlighting the challenges they currently face and the ways the people are adapting their practices and lifestyle due to these challenges.

Robin Wiszowaty believed that opportunity isn't a chance, it's a choice. Accordingly, she left her suburban life behind for the sweeping vistas and dusty footpaths of rural Kenya. She embraced the Maasi way of life and discovered new definitions of home, happiness, and family.

Given the gift of cattle by the gods, the Masai tribe must outwit the lions on the Serengeti Plain who also want the cattle.

After a visit from a hungry demon, a boy learns courage from his older brother.

Namelok, a Masai girl, tries to persuade her traditionalist father to delay her initiation and marriage because they will restrict her freedom and keep her from the black rhino mother and baby she is protecting from poachers.

When two young Kenyan boys, one Maasai and one Kikuyu, first meet, they are hostile toward each other based on traditional rivalries, but after they suddenly have to work together to save a baby in danger, the boys begin to discover what they have in common.

Presents information on the Maasai people of Eastern Africa, and includes geography, social structure, law, clothing, food, and art.

Provides a description of a young Masai boy, Kuntai, and includes information about the country, region, and culture he is from, as well as a discussion of the different aspects of his school and family life.

A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, traveled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia.