All around the lion, the ground was black, having been burnt by local Maasai herdsmen to stimulate a new flush of grass. Marina wanted to capture his majestic and defiant look against the dark ...

From “On this Earth, A Shadow Falls”, Nick Brandt's “Lioness with Lion Family Portrait, Maasai Mara” shows one lioness looking directly into the camera lens, fiercely protective of her cubs. Brandt’s ...

The winners of the latest Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) competition have been announced, with the overall winner ...

During these three interrelated rites of passage, a group or age-set of Maasai boys pass together from being children to being morans (warriors), then adults and then elders. Enkipaata is a ...

These are where the local Maasai practice rites of passage and old religious beliefs that preserve this place. But as life, religions and the way people see land change in this remote corner of ...

In recent years, the Maasai of the Ngorongoro district – a region renowned for abundant wildlife and the iconic Ngorongoro Crater – have been the target of these evictions. They’ve faced ...

Spanning more than 1,500 square kilometers, Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve serves as one of the African continent’s crown jewels for ecotourism, with a truly staggering array of native ...

It was once a rite of passage for warriors to kill lions to prove their bravery, but now the Maasai community works to protect them. Empaps (Meshack) Sayialel, Maasai The Maasai have a long ...