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PHOTOS: For Kenya’s Maasai, a new faith may undo age-old conservation traditions
Banner image: A Maasai man armed with a spear stands on a hilltop close to the highest point of the Loita hills. Image by Stuart Butler.
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Sleeping among lions under the protection of a Maasai: this is Togoro Plains, the new lodge hidden in the plains of the Serengeti National Park
There is nothing to fear, they insist. The Maasai explains that the sound of their spears clashing is enough to make the feline move on to another place with the music. Above, a lioness on the ...
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Kenya Maasai Olympics: Hundreds gather for lion hunt alternative
Hundreds competed in various games in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, including spear throwing, athletics and high jump. For generations, Maasai warriors were expected to fight and kill a lion ...
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How the British tricked Maasai families out of Laikipia land
Ole Lekutet killed him with a spear. An inquiry into the debacle by the British government absolved the Maasai from any blame, concluding that Dick was the author of his own misfortune.