Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nice Nailanei Leng’ete has spent the last two decades fighting female genital mutilation. (All photos courtesy Nicole Salerno) ...

Pongezi is the story of the alternative rites of passage for Maasai girls in Kenya. Nice Nailantei plays a central role in the book. She is a young Maasai girl who grew up to become a leader and ...

KILGORIS, Kenya (dpa) – Seventy-six teenage girls are singing songs in the Maasai language, wearing necklaces and headdresses made of brightly coloured beads, and dancing energetically. The event – ...

Nairobi — My grandmother is a female circumciser. She circumcised my mother and I knew she was going to circumcise me when the time came. But I didn't think much of it as my mother rarely talked about ...

How does Spokane have a connection to a Maasai village in Kenya? Via writer and activist Charity Resian. Resian, 33, moved from Sweden to Spokane last year to connect with her brother and cousins who ...

Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organisation defines it as comprising all procedures that involve removal of parts of ...