Track and Field superstar Masai Russell became the latest from Maryland to claim gold in the Paris Games, though she left her hometown fans with bated breath. Russell, 24, a Potomac native ...

The Samburu, Maasai and Rendille tribes of Kenya are famous for their elaborate feather headpieces Samburu men wear their headpieces after being circumcised but take them off when they marry Their ...

Aged eight, Nice Leng'ete was destined to undergo female genital mutilation, leave school and be married off to an older man, according to Maasai tradition. She not only fought against FGM for ...