Vanessa Wijngaarden received funding from the Iwalewahaus of the University of Bayreuth. Maasai warriors wearing red and women wearing beads have come to be seen as symbols of “traditional” Africa.

A group of Maasai women in the Masai Mara National Reserve are enjoying the fruits of their labour through bead work. At Basecamp Maasai Mara tented camp, which is famous for hosting President Barack ...

Did you know in the Maasai community beads have different meanings based on colour? There is a likelihood that you could be wearing the wrong colour in public. Among the Maasai, Samburu, Turkana and ...

This summer, artisans from Kenya, Mongolia and Uganda shared the story of their centuries-old traditional crafts — including the art of... Since this blog began in 2014, we have covered the ...

Maasai elders may seem an improbable choice to navigate a spaceship, but for digital artist Jacque Njeri, the semi-nomadic nature of the tribe makes members the perfect candidates for space ...