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PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions
Mokompo ole Simel, the father of Lemaron ole Simel, is one of the last great Maasai laibon. Considered a direct descendent of Enkai, the laibon are people of great importance in the Maasai ...
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For the Maasai, death is business as usual
There is also the vindictive red god (Enkai Na-nyokie ... It is the benevolent Narok that has declared the Maasai tribe the rightful owners of all the world’s cattle, much to the unease ...
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Tanzania’s Maasai are being forced off their ancestral land – the tactics the government uses
At that time it was home to about 8,000 people. Over time, successive policies neglected and deliberately undermined the interests of the Maasai community. This has been happening for more than ...
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Plain Nilotes in Kenya: Tribes, languages, and where they're found
The Maasai people still practice their ancient traditional religion and worship Enkai. They wear colourful clothes, and women adorn themselves with brightly-coloured ornaments. The Turkana tribe ...
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Maasai displaced after huts burned in Tanzania
Hundreds of people have reportedly been left homeless by the evacuation of local pastoral communities. One young Maasai is said to have been shot and critically injured. It is part of a ...