Standing in front of the wicket, Kenyan cricketer and Maasai warrior Francis Meshame sports his traditional headdress and red robes but has swapped his shield and spear for protective pads and a ...

“I can relate it to the cultural way, the Maasai way, the way we throw the spear,” he adds. “We are pastoralists, we keep animals and sometimes you encounter a wild animal, so if you throw ...

Maasai warriors burn their skin. Yet this is only part of the initiation. They also must confront and kill a male lion with a spear and sword. William has proven himself; his community knows he ...

And some of them can be seen carrying a spear in one hand and, in the other – wait, is that a cellphone? It wouldn't be an uncommon sight. Stephen Moiko, a Maasai warrior himself, tells me that ...

throwing a spear (javelin) for distance; throwing a club for accuracy; and the high jump, not in Olympic fashion but in Maasai warrior-style, a vertical jump from a standing position. Young ...

Hundreds competed in various games in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, including spear throwing, athletics and high jump. For generations, Maasai warriors were expected to fight and kill a lion ...

Sponsor Message They were hooked — the Maasai found the movements of the game similar to hunting and spear-throwing, a big part of their culture. In 2009, a group of six or seven young men in ...

It's one of the best places in Africa to see herds of elephants up close. The area is also home to the Maasai people, one of the few African tribes to have retained its customs. The Maasai have a ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Maasai tribesmen speared two lions that strayed out of Nairobi National Park in Kenya on Thursday, killing at least one, a conservationist reported. The spearing occurred one ...

He sustained several injuries throughout his lifetime, including being struck by the spear of a Maasai warrior who was protecting his cattle. But Scarface defied the odds and lived what ...

Reuters Standing in front of the wicket, Kenyan cricketer and Maasai warrior Francis Meshame sports his traditional headdress and red robes but has swapped his shield and spear for protective pads ...