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Notably, Zulu beadwork is known for its symbolic use of color and geometric patterns. While each color symbolizes different ...
Mama Lydia Letipila, a widow residing in Baragoi, Samburu North, is mourning the death of Pope Francis. She is credited with making the beaded mitre that Pope Francis wore during a mass in Nairobi ...
Her love for the Samburu culture began at 10 years old while travelling with her father into the Northern Frontier District. Born in 1942, two months after her Jewish parents arrived in Kenya ...
The Samburu have kept cattle in this region for centuries. Teenage boys like Paris serve as the community's "morans," meaning warriors, charged with looking after the herds.
The Samburu call this the moran's duty of "mboita" – which roughly translates as "unity." Paris's half-brother Ltesekwa stops to chat with a moran at a campsite near his own.
We recommend pony beads or round beads for most people making friendship bracelets for events. That’s mostly due to their size—you need fewer beads to complete a bracelet, and they are less ...
A set of taboos have been used by the Turkana people to ensure that the stone pillar sites are not destroyed or abused. Because of this, the stone monumental architecture system has withstood the test ...
Kalamon and I walked over a hill and arrived at Reteti House, the latest lodge from Sarara. Opened last year, with all Samburu staff and guides, it is a stunning, sumptuous, four-room exclusive ...
Samburu women make traditional ornaments and jewellery out of beads in Sera Conservancy, Samburu County.