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The headmistress explains that as a woman, it is harder for her to get her message across to Maasai tribes.

The Maasai girls are raised with the only thought of becoming a good wife to her future husband, most likely to be wed at age twelve.

Two big Maasai warriors stand at the venue where the United Nations climate meeting is taking place in Copenhagen.

The name "Serengeti" comes from the Maasai language and appropriately means an "extended place" .

Rather than be recorded, the educators empowered the Massai with the advantage of technology to document their own experiences.

Examples of this apparent inconsistency are seen in Iceland, New Zealand, and the Maasai people of Tanzania, Africa.

Photographer Mitsuaki Iwago used a low angle and the body of the Maasai tribesman to add drama to this photograph.

She plans to start a boarding school for girls in her Maasai village in Kenya.

In Kenya, researchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn by men of the Maasai and Kamba ethnic groups.

After breakfast, drive to Masai Mara via the Great Rift Valley to arrive at Maasai Mara in time for evening game drive.

An elephant is sedated in preparation to be relocated from outside the town of Narok in Kenya to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve on Sept.

This policy goes back to colonial times; when Maasai were summarily evict ed from their lands for the sake of conservation.

In the same study, when the elephants saw red clothing not worn before, they reacted angrily, as red is typically worn by Maasai men.

Traditionally, men hold decision-making power in Maasai society.

Close contact with the proud Maasai in remote areas adds to the fascination.

Maasai men are known to demonstrate their virility by spearing elephants.

Her tribe in the Maasai village believes that women belong to their husbands and to the kitchen.

Q: You talk about Maasai women and infertility, what about the men?

Both Kamba and Maasai people traditionally wear red clothing.

The Maasai come out of the boma to try and make their presence known to the lions.

Q: How prevalent is infertility in the Maasai community?

Maasai people are a threat to elephants.

Q: Is infertility a new problem for the Maasai people?

If a lion does kill a herd animal, the Maasai receive money from a program that repays herders for losses.

We are hearing so many Maasai have lost cattle to the drought. We have lost some but not as many as others we hear about.

In Engare Sero, a village of 6, 000 people, mostly Maasai herder s, just about everyone interviewed said they would vote for him.

The lions know the Maasai are aware of them and they start to move away as they do not want trouble.

Q: How do the Maasai people view family planning?

Overpopulation is not only discussed among scientists, but also in the Maasai community.

Young Maasai men spear animals and thus pose a threat to elephants;

Kisokon village, Nairobi: Maasai women rest during Emayian o nkituaak (blessing of women), a rare fertility ceremony