Some East African Maasai pastoralists may be hunting lions as a form of political protest, according to a new study. Conventional wisdom holds that East Africa's Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two ...

Maasai elders in Tanzania. Credit: Roger de la Harpe/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. In the videos, the sound of gunfire can be heard as groups of about 100 or more Maasai, ...

Conventional wisdom holds that East Africa's Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two distinct reasons: to retaliate against lions that kill livestock or to engage in a cultural rite of passage. But ...

The Maasai Football League in Amboseli is transforming young Maasai morans’ attitudes, reducing lion hunting, and promoting wildlife conservation while fostering local sporting talent.

At the foot of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya’s Maasai warriors compete for honor and prestige by running, jumping and throwing. The Maasai Olympics were created by famed Maasai runner David ...

To many observers, East Africa’s Maasai pastoralists hunt lions for two distinct reasons: to retaliate against lions that kill livestock or to engage in a cultural rite of passage. But that binary ...

KIMANA, Kenya (Reuters) - Young Kenyan warriors are no longer pursuing lions to show off their hunting prowess and bravery, they are competing for cash prizes in javelin throwing at the Maasai ...

For Kenya’s Massai warriors, ritual is key. An adolescent rite of passage used to be pretty standard: Spend three months in the forest, learn how to herd cows, kill a predator. “Some years back, for ...

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Kenyan David Rudisha is a 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in the mid-distance 800 meter running event. He is also the first and only person to ever run under 1:41 for the event. His records and awards ...

Kenyan Maasai warriors are now hunting for cash after ditching the olden cullture of hunting lions. [Courtesy] Young Kenyan warriors are no longer pursuing lions to show off their hunting prowess and ...