“Sheroes” abound in independent films. As an international independent filmmaker of diverse and indigenous communities over the last 4 decades, I have worked with some amazing women whose stories were ...

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, and Native News Online. In Tanzania, the ...

In 2022, the government of Tanzania began relocating Indigenous Maasai pastoralists from their ancestral home inside and near Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Locals say they’ve been forcibly evicted ...

Few communities reveal both the challenges and opportunities presented by cultural globalism more than Maasai communities in northern Tanzania. Traditionally pastoralists, the Maasai ethnic group’s ...

Wearing his traditional red shuka and holding a spear, Issac Loilet sat outside his Tanzanian mud hut to ponder his fate, as the government continued evicting his tribespeople from their northern ...

Maasai traditional religion, practices and values, led by a laibon, or spiritual leader, have conserved the Loita Forest in Kenya for generations. However, the spread of Christianity and government ...

Tanzanian authorities have pushed Maasai relocations since 2022, sparking condemnation from rights groups. With elections nearing, will pressure shift or deepen?The Maasai, an ethnic group indigenous ...

In Tanzania, the Indigenous Maasai face an ongoing, violent campaign to evict them from their lands and make way for protected conservation areas and hunting reserves. This week, the Maasai are in New ...