Historically, the Maasai are a pastoralist nomadic people from Kenya. The Maasai, like other pastoralists all over Africa, have lived for centuries earning their livelihood from herding livestock, ...

claim that either their ancestors were Maasai or their clan has Maasai blood. Pastoralists were vulnerable to famine and their cattle were susceptible to diseases like rinderpest. This was a ...

Among the Maasai and other pastoralists in Kenya and wider East Africa — like the Samburu, Somali and Borana — cattle are also a status symbol, a source of wealth and part of key cultural ...

For generations, the Maasai people have grazed their cattle and goats on Tanzania’s savannas, moving freely from place to place in search of plants that the animals need to yield the milk and ...

Also, for centuries, Maasai pastoralists have survived by freely traversing the landscape, strategically moving herds between dry-season and wet-season grazing territories. Carbon initiatives now ...