A typical Maasai girl was traditionally viewed as a source of wealth for the father in form of bride price. At a tender age, they used to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) making them ‘women’ ...

The multi-colored beadwork adorns almost every inch of her upper body – from the top of her head, past her neck and shoulders and down to her chest. She – a Maasai bride from Kenya – is beautiful. But ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Farah Mihlar is the media officer for Minority Rights Group and travelled to Kenya recently ...

It’s as if they speak with one voice, the young Maasai women who have escaped being sold into marriage — at least for now — to pursue an education. The Emusoi centre in Tanzania is changing the lives ...

Wedding photographer Jonas Peterson has shot brides and grooms in all sorts of beautiful places around the world, but he says this recent wedding in Kenya might be the most spectacular of the bunch.

It was a simple ceremony, attended only by family members and immediate neighbours. But despite its simplicity, the ceremony was symbolic and of great significance. And at the end of it all, Ms Ruth ...

They have just completed the first day of Eunoto, a traditional ritual marking the transition from young warrior to adulthood. "Today we are becoming men," 22-year-old medical student Hillary Odupoy ...